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As advances in breeding accelerate the yield potential of conventional barley varieties, a new offering from Senova looks to be hot on the heels of some of the top hybrids. CPM reviews Bordeaux. Varieties like Bordeaux are closing the yield gap between conventional and hybrids. By Charlotte Cunningham For those looking to achieve high barley yields, hybrid varieties have perhaps naturally been an attractive choice. However, developments in breeding mean that many conventional varieties are now closing the gap on this yield disparity – increasing options and flexibility for growers. And among those is Senova’s latest two-row feed variety – Bordeaux – which boasts the tagline ‘a two-row feed with six-row yields’. Bordeaux is the product of one of the first crosses from the Nordic Seed breeding programme which commenced in 2011, says Jens Due Jensen. Bordeaux is the product of a KWS Glacier x Padura cross, with Padura coming from Danish breeders, Sejet, explains Jens Due Jensen, head of barley breeding at Nordic Seed. “Nordic Seed didn’t have a winter barley breeding programme until 2011 and Bordeaux has actually come out of one of the first few crosses from the newly established programme.” The programme started in a…
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