Trial Status 2020/21 UK Recommendation

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:

Lodging without PGRLodging with PGRHeight (cm)Ripening (days +/- Skyfall)

CRUSOE78

810

88

830

78

840

78

89+1

Skyfall KWS Zyatt RGT Illustrious

Crusoe has short straw with good lodging resistance. It has a similar maturity to Skyfall.Quadri M100J80

Crusoe has an attractive disease resistance package, with the best combination of yellow rust and Septoria tritici resistance out of the Group 1 sector. Growing crops should be monitored for brown rust levels and treated accordingly.

Quadri M100J80

@ = Believed to carry the Pch1 Rendezvous gene to eyespotDISEASE RESISTANCE:

CRUSOE

MildewYellow RustBrown RustSeptoria triticiEyespot

693

6.25

658

5.86@

776

6.47@

6966

6@

Skyfall KWS Zyatt RGT Illustrious

@ = believed to carry the Pch1 Rendezvous resistance gene to eyespot but this has not been verified in Recommended List tests.

GRAIN QUALITY:

Protein Content (%)Hagberg Falling NumberSpecific Weight (kg/hl)

CRUSOE12.927377.9

12.427878.3

12.426977.8

12.227277.2

Skyfall KWS Zyatt RGT Illustrious

Crusoe has excellent milling characteristics, producing high rates of flour extraction with an appealing white flour, married with good baking performance. Crusoe also meets the specifications for the important export market, giving growers a choice of premium market opportunities, particularly for growers close to ports.

Quadri M100J80

Crusoe has a proven inherently high grain protein content - the highest available on the AHDB Recommended List 2019/20, a significant 0.6% more than its closest Group 1 competitor. Meeting the protein specification is vital to achieving the best milling premiums.

Quadri M100J80

March 2020. Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2020/21. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree.

Crusoe is a Group 1 milling wheat offering growers an excellent level of security, combining good agronomics with an inherently high protein content and good sprouting resistance.

CRUSOEWINTER WHEAT

Parentage: Cordiale x Gulliver

PROTEIN CONTENT (%): Crusoe

KWS Zyatt

Skyfall

RGT Illustrious

13.2

12.0

11.6

11.2

12.4

12.8

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