The Home Grown Cereals Authority,
HGCA, has released updated recommended lists
that include, among other things, resistance ratings for fusarium ear blight in
spring wheat and ramularia in barley; 41 new varieties of grain; and the removal
of 24 varieties.
Varieties are added to the HGCA
recommended lists when they are considered by the project’s industry consortium
to bring consistent economic benefits to the industry. Inclusion is based on
their performance in a wide range of categories including grain quality, disease
resistance and agronomic features. “The large number of varieties added and
removed this year is due to breeders successfully bringing forward varieties
with high yields compared to current varieties," said Dr. Simon Oxley, HGCA
senior research and knowledge transfer manager responsible for the recommended
lists. "These new varieties have also been tested in a very challenging season
as part of the RL system."
Newly recommended wheat varieties include a nabim group 2 bread making
variety, Chilton, which is also provisionally approved for ukp export, alongside
four possible uks varieties for biscuit making. For winter barley, four new
varieties with malting potential have performed well agronomically — Talisman,
KWS Joy, Mezmaar and Solomon. The feed variety KWS Glacier, recommended for the
UK, shows a step forward in yield over existing varieties, according to the
HGCA. The East/West Oilseed Rape list sees seven additions and the North list
nine, with DK Imagine CL, the first variety with imidazolinone tolerance,
included in the Oilseed Rape descriptive list.
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