The above video was recorded on June 30, 2021 and the information below was updated on July 6, 2021.
BREEDER: Limagrain UK
PEDIGREE: (Alchemy x Claire) x Shepherd
STATUS: Removed from AHDB Recommended List in 2021
CERTIFIED SEED SALES 2020 %: England & Wales: 0.1. Scotland: 1.9.
PROVISIONAL SEED AREA 2021 %: England & Wales: 0.4. Scotland: 0.0.
AHDB RL 2021 TREATED YIELD (UK): N/A
AHDB RL 2021 TREATED YIELD (NORTH REGION): N/A
AHDB RL 2021 UNTREATED YIELD (UK): N/A
MARKET OPTIONS: Soft Group 4, Distilling (Good), Export, Feed
POSITIVES
- Suitable for early drilling due to slow development habit.
- Good lodging resistance.
- Generally good all-round disease resistance, in particular to yellow rust, brown rust and eyespot.
- Rated ‘Good’ for distilling.
NEGATIVES
- Variety now removed from the RL due to yield, which is now well below competitor varieties.
- Below average untreated yield.
- Late to mature.
- One of the few soft wheats without orange wheat blossom midge resistance.
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