Written by Charlotte Cunningham
Testing of more than 300 samples of over-yeared hybrid barley seed, that wasn’t drilled last autumn, has shown high levels of germination have been retained – averaging 96% across all samples. Charlotte Cunningham reports. The free tests, carried out by Syngenta, were in recognition of the challenging season being faced on-farm, says James Taylor-Alford, Syngenta head of seed crop sales for UK and Ireland. “Of the seed samples tested, nearly three-quarters were of the popular hybrids SY Kingsbarn and Bazooka – each of which averaged 97% germination. “A further one-fifth of samples were made up of the hybrids Belmont, Belfry, Libra and SY Kingston, each of which also averaged 97% germination. Three seed samples of the hybrid SY Baracooda averaged 94% germination.” The lowest average germination level achieved, which was from just five samples of a specific batch of an older hybrid that had been over-yeared for three years, was 74%. Guidance will be given to growers who submitted these samples on how to respond, he adds. “After the very challenging growing season it’s nice to share some good news with growers that the high-quality seed supplied maintained such high levels of germination after a year in storage. “Anyone who…
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