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Download PDF Signals are starting to indicate a potential breakdown of septoria resistance in varieties with Cougar parentage. CPM takes a look at the evidence to date. All measures of IPM will be important when growing these varieties. By Charlotte Cunningham and Lucy De La Pasture Just like a winning line-up at Crufts, if you look at the parentage of some of the top UK wheat varieties, there are one or two names which repeatedly crop up. And among those is Cougar. The variety itself was recommended in 2015, spawning from the RAGT stable, and was marketed with the tagline ‘big cat wheat yields are here’. And as well as its table-topping yields, Cougar also boasted outstanding septoria resistance. Together, this combination made for a highly sought-after variety, which naturally meant it was an ideal parent for future breeding lines. Though Cougar has proven itself to be just that, over the past few months, CPM has been aware of anecdotal evidence to suggest that some varieties containing the Cougar septoria resistance gene are starting to see a breakdown in robustness. And now, AHDB are starting to see similar patterns emerging too. The levy board recently held an open day at…
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Download PDF Signals are starting to indicate a potential breakdown of septoria resistance in varieties with Cougar parentage. CPM takes a look at the evidence to date. All measures of IPM will be important when growing these varieties. By Charlotte Cunningham and Lucy De La Pasture Just like a winning line-up at Crufts, if you look at the parentage of some of the top UK wheat varieties, there are one or two names which repeatedly crop up. And among those is Cougar. The variety itself was recommended in 2015, spawning from the RAGT stable, and was marketed with the tagline ‘big cat wheat yields are here’. And as well as its table-topping yields, Cougar also boasted outstanding septoria resistance. Together, this combination made for a highly sought-after variety, which naturally meant it was an ideal parent for future breeding lines. Though Cougar has proven itself to be just that, over the past few months, CPM has been aware of anecdotal evidence to suggest that some varieties containing the Cougar septoria resistance gene are starting to see a breakdown in robustness. And now, AHDB are starting to see similar patterns emerging too. The levy board recently held an open day at…
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