LSPB VARIETIES TAKE TOP SPOTS IN THE NEW AHDB RECOMMENDED LIST FOR WINTER OILSEED RAPE
The new AHDB Recommended List (RL) for winter oilseed rape sees LSPB’s newly-added Turing as the top yielding variety, along with two other new varieties – Murray and Vegas – giving the breeder a total of three varieties in the top five of the RL, and springboarding the breeder back into the limelight for winter […]
LATEST PGRO DESCRIPTIVE LISTS CONFIRM THE PERFORMANCE OF LSPB’S CURRENT AND NEWLY ADDED PULSE VARIETIES FOR UK GROWERS
LATEST PGRO DESCRIPTIVE LISTS CONFIRM THE PERFORMANCE OF LSPB’S CURRENT AND NEWLY ADDED PULSE VARIETIES FOR UK GROWERS The new PGRO Descriptive List (DL) for spring beans is once again headed by Lynx, underlining its consistency. Lynx is joined by LSPB’s varieties Ghengis, Victus, Macho, Vertigo and Yukon. It is worth noting that the LVC variety Victus […]
Katie Noel now wheat breeder at LSPB
Katie Noel has been appointed wheat breeder at LS Plant Breeding Ltd (LSPB). She succeeds Peter Jackson who is returning to an academic role at the University of Reading. Katie Noel studied Plant Science at the University of Nottingham, before carrying out a PhD at the University of Hertfordshire on the characterisation of temperature-sensitivity of […]
TOP YIELDING WINTER OILSEED RAPE VARIETIES IN RL TRIALS – MURRAY AND VEGAS – FIND EQUAL SUCCESS IN FARM STRIP TRIALS
The RL winter oilseed rape candidates, Murray and Vegas, are showing top results in the AHDB trials this season and are currently 2nd equal and 3rd in gross output. Breeders LSPB (LS Plant Breeding Ltd) wanted to complement the RL trials and look at on farm performance as well, so they set up a series of strip trials […]
WINTER OILSEED RAPE CANDIDATE VARIETIES MURRAY AND VEGAS TOP LATEST AHDB TRIALS RESULTS
Two candidate winter oilseed rape varieties in this season’s AHDB trials – Murray and Vegas – are top of the RL harvest results table (based on a third of the trials sites validated to date), out-yielding all the currently Recommended varieties. Murray tops the table of the provisional RL harvest results at 106% of control with Vegas […]
LS PLANT BREEDING LTD (LSPB) HAVE BECOME A KEY SUPPORTER OF THE COUNTRY FOOD TRUST (CFT)
LS Plant Breeding Ltd (LSPB) have become a key supporter of the Country Food Trust (CFT), a charity who raise funds to provide meals to feed people in need. Their meals are produced by a specialist food manufacturer and are game based, high in protein, low in fat. Chris Guest, managing director of LSPB, explains […]
NEW LSPB PRODUCT CATALOGUE GIVES GROWERS FULL DETAILS OF THE COMPANY’S FIELD BEAN, COMBINING PEA, OILSEED RAPE AND SPRING WHEAT VARIETIES
LS Plant Breeding Ltd (LSPB) have just released a comprehensive product catalogue listing all their spring and winter beans, combining peas, winter oilseed rapes and spring wheat. “The 44-page catalogue gives growers details of each variety with a summary followed by key characteristics including yield/output, agronomics and disease resistance,” explains Michael Shuldham LSPB’s product manager. […]
LSPB LAUNCHES GROWER COMPETITION AND HOLDS A TRADE RECEPTION AT CEREALS EVENT TO CELEBRATE SHAREHOLDER NPZ’S 125 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
“This was our first time with a stand and variety plots at Cereals, and it was a great success with the two well-attended days keeping us busy with visits from growers and our trade contacts,” comments Chris Guest, LSPB Managing Director. “The event was the ideal opportunity to mark the 125 year anniversary of NPZ by launching a […]
TOP OF PGRO DESCRIPTIVE LIST LYNX IS THE MAINSTAY FOR SPRING BEAN GROWERS
Lynx’s track record as consistently the highest yielding spring bean on the PGRO Descriptive List (DL) – added to its very high Downy mildew resistance – makes it the mainstay for UK spring bean growers, returning once again to its top-of-list position for 2022. Chris Guest, LS Plant Breeding Ltd (LSPB) Managing Director highlights the […]
MURRAY AND VEGAS JOIN THE LSPB PORTFOLIO OF WINTER OILSEED RAPE VARIETIES WITH THE NEW PHOMA-FIGHTING RlmS GENE
Two more winter oilseed rape varieties from LS Plant Breeding (LSPB) containing the new RlmS phoma resistance gene will be available for this season’s drilling. Murray and Vegas are both on the AHDB candidates list for recommendation this autumn with private and official trials results highlighting their great promise. They are very high yielding with […]