Written by Charlotte Cunningham
The AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL), launched yesterday (2 December 2019), is set to offer a stronger choice of varieties for a complex growing and market environment, according to AHDB. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Stronger yields, improved disease resistance and a greater choice of specialist and quality traits are among the key developments in the RL 2020/21. AHDB has also launched a variety selection tool for winter wheat and spring barley. The tool, which will extend to other crops in 2020, provides a powerful way to navigate RL data, make comparisons and identify promising varieties. New winter wheat feed varieties deliver marked improvements in disease resistance, without compromising yield or quality. A new Group 2 spring wheat variety offers good milling quality. For oilseed rape, new options for all regions bring a big step forward in yields, combined with improved disease resistance. Turnip Yellows Virus (TuYV) resistance now features in a quarter of all recommended varieties. Specialist varieties also offer new options for clubroot resistance and herbicide tolerance. A new high erucic acid rapeseed (HEAR) variety also features. Finally, the RL2020/21 also sees the return of a semi-dwarf variety to the list. Two new feed varieties feature on…
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