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The 2022 BBRO/BSPB Recommended List was released last month and features a high turnover of varieties – with six additions, including the first variety with a tolerance trait to virus yellowing. CPM finds out what to expect from the newcomers. Tolerance will help to manage the risk of virus yellows but should be used alongside other measures. By Lucy de la Pasture It’s all change on the Recommended List (RL) with several old favourites becoming outclassed because they’re falling behind the yields of the newer varieties. Daphna is now the oldest variety on the RL and only made its debut in 2017. With nearly twice as many varieties being removed (11) as added, the choice of RL varieties is slightly slimmed down for the next campaign. The relatively high turnover rate for varieties is a trend that’s likely to continue, believes Mike May, chairman of the RL board. “It reflects the rapid improvements in the yield potential of varieties by plant breeders and means inclusion of some of the older varieties can’t be justified according to the current RL criteria, even when they were reliable performers like Sabatina KWS and Haydn,” he says. BTS 3020 offers high yield (102.2%)…
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