ALCHEMY
Alchemy Winter Wheat has a very high yield potential, increased emphasis must be placed on high disease resistance varieties like Alchemy. Alchemy has the best all round disease eresdistance of any variety ever produced from the Nickerson Wheat Breeding Programme, which already has an outstanding reputation for producing varieties with durable genetic resistance.
The physical grain characteristics of high Hagberg Falling Number and a good specific weight offers growers very high levels of security in meeting the specifications of each of its target markets.
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ARARAT
Ararat Winter Wheat is an excellent addition to the organic winter wheat portfolio. Ararat has a well balanced disease resistance profile supported by its outstanding untreated yields. In addition Ararat Winter Wheat has excellent resistance to Ear Fusarium Blight.
The extra straw length and deep rooting of Ararat helps overcome problems of drought and extreme dry weather. Something that has been a big issue during the season of 2010.
A barn filler that produces mountains of grain
CLAIRE
Claire Winter Wheat performs well in untreated trials, owing to its good disease resistance. Claire has outstadning resistance to yellow rust and above average resistance to Septoria Tritici. Claire can be sown from early September until the end of February, making it a safe variety to take onto farm with such a wide drilling window
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DUXFORD
Duxford Winter Wheat is a hard milling variety with high and consistant untreated yields. Excellent performance in both first and second wheat situations with robust all round disease resistance. Excellent standing ability. Suitable for sowing from mid September onwards. A new variety well worth consideration.
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JB DIEGO
JB Diego is a hard milling feed variety with very good untreated yields. It has a sound disease profile, with particularly good resistance to Septoria. JB Diego is a tall variety with good standing power, suiting the Organic Farmer by helping to superceed the weed competition.
LEAR
Lear Winter Wheat was bred by Nickersons and is a cross between Robigus x Nijinsky. A soft endosperm feed wheat with high yield potential with its untreated yield potential at 2% above Alchemy. Lear has very good septoria and rust resistance as well as being resistant to Orange Blossom Midge
Lear is relatively long strawed, approximately 8cms taller than Claire, but +3 days later to mature than Claire. Its extra straw length is positive in terms of being able to stand the stresses of hot, dry periods as well as being competitive against weeds.
Not particularly suited to second wheat situations.
MAGISTER
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PANORAMA
Panorma Winter Wheat is a high yielding group 2. Panorama is a stiff strawed variety, with a high untreated yield.
Another variety with a well balanced disease resistance portfolio, showing particularly good resistance to yellow rust and fusarium ear blight.
Panorama is good in second wheat situations and provides good specific weights.
Can be susceptible to brown rust.
SCOUT
Scout Winter Wheat is a soft group 3 wheat. Scout is stiff strawed, has good specific weight and high untreated yield with no major disease weaknesses. Scout shows good resistance to Yellow Rust, Brown Rust, Septoria Nodorum and eyespot as well as being resistant to Orange Blossom Midge.
A useful variety for early drilling.
WARRIOR
Warrior Winter Wheat is the only variety on 2010/2011 Recommended List with a specific recommendation disease resistance and has the best foliart resistance package of any Recommended List variety. Warrior Winter Wheat is also resistant to Orange Blossom Midge.
Warrior Winter Wheat has a good tillering capacity with a relatively broad leaf and prostrate early growth habit. Appears to be able to grow away rapidly in the late winter/early spring to achieve good ground coverage. This has a clear benefit in relation to supression of grass weeds for the organic farmer
Suitable for sowing from Mid September until the end of February.
Not suited to 2nd wheat situations
