Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine
AHDB’s online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) 2022/23 features a whopping 37 new varieties – encompassing a wide range of types and traits. Launched on Monday (29 November 2021), the edition introduces new traits for barley (including BYDV tolerance), an improved choice of spring and winter milling wheat varieties, as well as new options for brewing and distilling. The RL 2022/23 also features improvements to cereal lodging resistance ratings and additional information on resistance to septoria tritici in winter wheat. Paul Gosling, who manages the RL at AHDB, said: “Spread across the crops, dozens of new varieties are available. The improved choice includes many exciting new traits, which will help growers manage crops and target potential new markets.” In 2020, a new disease rating system for cereal rusts was introduced to provide greater differentiation in scores. Similarly, the RL 2022/23 is based on an improved calculation approach for lodging resistance. “We revised the cereal lodging ratings to help pull apart varietal differences,” explained Paul. “This will make the ratings more representative of what is seen in the field and improve their consistency. Although ratings have fallen for some varieties, this is a consequence of calculation…
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AHDB’s online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) 2022/23 features a whopping 37 new varieties – encompassing a wide range of types and traits. Launched on Monday (29 November 2021), the edition introduces new traits for barley (including BYDV tolerance), an improved choice of spring and winter milling wheat varieties, as well as new options for brewing and distilling. The RL 2022/23 also features improvements to cereal lodging resistance ratings and additional information on resistance to septoria tritici in winter wheat. Paul Gosling, who manages the RL at AHDB, said: “Spread across the crops, dozens of new varieties are available. The improved choice includes many exciting new traits, which will help growers manage crops and target potential new markets.” In 2020, a new disease rating system for cereal rusts was introduced to provide greater differentiation in scores. Similarly, the RL 2022/23 is based on an improved calculation approach for lodging resistance. “We revised the cereal lodging ratings to help pull apart varietal differences,” explained Paul. “This will make the ratings more representative of what is seen in the field and improve their consistency. Although ratings have fallen for some varieties, this is a consequence of calculation…
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