Winter wheat
The above video was recorded on July 4, 2023 and the information below was updated on June 9, 2023.
BREEDER: Syngenta UK Ltd
PEDIGREE: Premio x Expert
STATUS: AHDB Recommended List variety for UK (since 2016)
MARKET OPTIONS: Hard Group 4, Feed
CERTIFIED SEED SALES 2022 %: England & Wales: 7.7. Scotland: 2.7.
PROVISIONAL SEED AREA 2023 %: England & Wales: 4.1. Scotland: 1.7.
AHDB RL 2023 TREATED YIELD (UK): 102
AHDB RL 2023 TREATED YIELD (NORTH REGION): 102
AHDB RL 2023 UNTREATED YIELD (UK): 93
POSITIVES
- High untreated yield
- Performs best as a first wheat & on lighter soils
- Suitable for early drilling
- Above average resistance to the major diseases, especially Septoria tritici & mildew
- Early to mature
NEGATIVES
- Northern yield below the top Hard Group 4 varieties
- Poor resistance to brown rust & eyespot
- Susceptible to orange wheat blossom midge
- Potential ear fertility issues in the far north, with breeder not recommending the drilling of the variety north of the Forth
- Relatively tall, although stiff strawed