2021 Autumn Seed Catalogue

5 WINTER WHEAT Pearce Seeds varieties using Recommended List 2021/22 Data Skyfall KWS Extase KWS Siskin KWS Firefly Skyscraper RGT Saki SY Insitor Graham RGT Wolverine Shabras Costello Theodore Anapolis Olympus Group 1 Group 3 Treated Yield UK % control (10.8 T/Ha) 97 100 100 101 105 104 104 102 102 101 99 99 - - West region % control (10.9 T/Ha) 97 101 100 101 104 104 104 105 102 101 100 102 - - UK T/Ha 10.5 10.8 10.7 10.9 11.3 11.2 11.2 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.7 10.7 - - West region T/Ha 10.5 11.0 10.9 11.1 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.2 11.0 11.0 11.1 - - Untreated Yield UK % treated control (10.8 T/Ha) 74 93 80 80 81 85 78 87 72 77 80 88 - - UK T/Ha 8.0 10.0 8.7 8.6 8.8 9.2 8.4 9.4 7.8 8.3 8.6 9.5 - - Grain Quality Endosperm texture Hard Hard Hard Soft Soft Soft Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Protein content (%) 12.5 12.1 12.0 12.0 11.6 11.6 11.0 11.5 11.2 11.5 12.1 12.2 12.3 11.3 Hagberg Falling Number 279 299 289 243 214 227 273 279 274 211 326 313 165 265 Specific weight (kg/hl) 78.4 78.4 76.9 75.6 76.8 75.9 78.4 76.8 75.9 76.0 80.8 74.3 79.8 76.9 Agronomic Features Resistance to lodging without PGR (1‒9) 8 7 6 8 7 7 6 7 [7] 7 7 7 - - Resistance to lodging with PGR (1‒9) 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 - - Height without PGR (cm) 83 90 84 83 92 88 95 88 86 86 82 83 - - Ripening (days +/- Skyfall, -ve = earlier) 0 -1 0 1 0 3 1 -1 2 0 2 0 Resistance to sprouting (1‒9) 5 [7] 5 [6] [5] [6] [5] 6 [6] 4 7 [7] - - Latest safe-sowing date # End Feb End Jan End Jan End Feb End Jan [End Jan] [End Jan] End Jan [[End Jan]] Mid Feb End Jan End Jan Disease Resistance Mildew (1-9) 6 7 7 5 7 5 6 7 5 6 8 [7] 9 9 Yellow Rust (1-9) 3 8 9 7 8 8 5 8 5 5 9 9 8 9 Brown Rust (1-9) 8 7 5 5 6 7 5 5 8 5 5 7 8 8 Septoria tritici (1-9) 5.8 8.0 6.5 6.8 5.1 6.5 6.8 6.8 5.3 6.1 6.0 8.3 6.0 7.0 Eyespot (1‒9) 6@ [4] 5 [4] [4] [5] [5] 3 [5] 4 5 [5] Fusarium ear blight (1‒9) 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6 7 6 - - Orange Wheat Blossom Midge R - - R R R R - - - - - - - Rotational position First cereal (11.1 T/Ha) 97 100 100 101 104 104 104 102 102 101 100 99 - - Second and more (9.5 T/Ha) 97 101 98 101 104 104 103 101 101 102 98 [99] - - Sowing date (most trials sown in October) Early sown (before 25 Sept) (11.0 t/ha) 97 - 101 103 [[103]] [108] - 100 - [104] 98 97 - - Late sown (after 1 Nov) (9.5 t/ha) 97 101 99 101 103 [105] [104] 99 [101] 98 100 [[99]] - - Soil type (about 50% of trials on medium soils) Light soils (10.8 t/ha) 97 101 98 101 104 103 107 102 [99] 101 98 [[99]] - - Heavy soils (10.9 t/ha) 97 100 100 103 105 103 104 102 102 101 99 101 - - Data taken from Recommended List 2021/22 [ ] = limited data available Data taken from AHDB Winter Wheat 2 year report 2013-14 NL2 controls and candidates [[ ]] = very limited data available Data taken from UK NL1 & NL2 Trials 2011 & 2012 @ = Believed to carry the Pch1 Rendezvous resistance gene to eyespot, but this has not been verified in Recommended List tests R = believed to be resistant to OWBM but has not been varified in Recommended List Group 2 Group 4