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.
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.