Laureate
Variety Positioning
- Laureate continues to dominate the English spring barley market,
with over 44% market share of the malting-types. - Fully approved by the MBC for brewing and malt distilling since 2017, it is favoured in both the English and northern end markets as a non-GN variety, with strong support from end users for both brewing and distilling.
- It has consistent high treated yields in both the East and West regions and is suitable for all soil types.
- It has produced high yields in Agrii trials (100% treated, 91% untreated) but tends to give a relatively low specific weight compared with other varieties like RGT Planet.
- A short-strawed variety (71 cm) and, while on the lower end of lodging resistance (6 treated), its brackling resistance is good (7).
- Its maturity is +1 which becomes more attractive as you go further north compared with varieties like LG Diablo (+2).
- Laureate is considered to have relatively low straw yields compared with some other varieties. It has a strong disease profile with no obvious weaknesses with scores for brown rust (5), Rhynchosporium (5) and excellent resistance to mildew (9).
- It is moderately resistant to net blotch in Agrii trials.
Laureate continues to dominate the spring barley market with over 60% market share of the UK malting types in 2023.
- Fully approved by the MBC for brewing and malt distilling since 2017, it is favoured in both the English and northern end markets as a non-GN variety, with strong support from end users for both brewing and distilling.
- It has consistent high treated yields across the UK and is suitable for all soil types.
- It has produced high yields in Agrii trials (101% treated, 87% untreated) over the past three years but tends to give a relatively low specific weight compared with other varieties like Skyway, RGT Planet and KWS Sassy.
- A short-strawed variety (70 cm) and, while on the lower end of lodging resistance (6 treated), its brackling resistance is good (7).
- Its maturity is +1 which becomes more attractive as you go further north, compared with varieties like LG Diablo (+2).
- Laureate is considered to have relatively low straw yields compared with some other varieties.
- It has a strong disease profile with no obvious weaknesses with scores for brown rust (6), Rhynchosporium (6) and excellent resistance to mildew (9).
- It is moderately resistant to net blotch in Agrii trials.
Pedigree: Sanette x Concerto
Further information from the breeder can be found here
The data presented here is a partial abstraction from the AHDB Recommended List. The complete data set is available on the AHDB website here
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