The 2023 Cereals Event was the ideal opportunity for LPPB to show the top oilseed rape varieties on the AHDB Recommended List and the top field beans and combining peas on the PGRO Descriptive List to growers, agronomists and the seed trade.

Chis Guest, LSPB managing  director, noted that: “Cereals 2023 was a great success for us, and there was a substantial increase in visitors to our stand this year to meet the team and to examine the comprehensive series of demonstration plots featuring our winter oilseed rape, spring and winter beans, spring combining peas, and spring wheat.”

Some highlights of the plots on the stand were:

>  Top of the UK Recommended List Turing (both East/West and North region), alongside Vegas showcasing the ‘RlmS’ phoma resistance gene with outstanding light leaf spot resistance, plus Murray at the top of the East/West region only, headed the range of varieties on display.

>  Top of the PGRO Descriptive List Genius, market leading Lynx, and market expanding LVC (low vicine/convicine) varieties Futura and Victus.

>  Top or near top of the PGRO List and the plots included Carrington and Butterfly green peas, along with Orchestra yellow pea, plus the new high yield marrowfat pea Takayama. 

>  Candidate varieties such as Zidane RL winter oilseed rape as well as some very promising coded varieties with exceptional packages of traits being evaluated for the future.