Wheat

Our wheat breeding programme – in conjunction with leading European partners – is in progress and is planned to produce varieties suitable for UK conditions. The first of these are now starting to progress through the trials system.

WHEAT OVERVIEW

Data Source: AHDB Recommended List for 2021/22
reproduced with full acknowledgement to AHDB.

	Variety Name	UK treated yield	Protein (%)	Hagberg	Specific weight (kg/hl)	Height (cm)	Ripening (+/- Mulika)	Mildew	Yellow rust	Septoria
Spring Wheat	WPB Escape	107	12.5	264	77.0	77	+2	8	8	[6]

SPRING WHEAT

On the Spring wheat Recommended List, the highest yielding variety is WPB Escape,
bred by Wiersum Plant Breeding with LSPB as the UK agent.

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WPB ESCAPE

WPB Escape is a Hard Group 4 Spring wheat newly added to the AHDB Recommended List for spring sowing 2021. It has the highest yield on the RL with very good disease resistance.

Wheat

WHEAT OVERVIEW

SPRING WHEAT

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WPB ESCAPE

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