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Variety Positioning

• Retains its position as the leading variety in the English market, suitable for both the brewing malt on buy-back contracts, and as a straight feed variety.
• Fully approved by the MBC for brewing since 2016, it accounts for 41% of the malting-types in England and is widely accepted by end users across the whole of Europe after the early acceptance by the MBC, CBMO and Heineken.
• Consistent high yields across all regions and soil types and relatively straightforward to manage.
• It has displayed consistent yield performance over the years (99% treated, 84% untreated in Agrii trials) with a decent specific weight (67.8 kg/hl in AHDB trials) unlike many varieties that are now available in the market.
• Medium height (73 cm), relatively stiff straw (7), high brackling resistance (7) and medium-early maturity.
• It produces intermediate straw yields.
• High untreated yields reflect the good all round disease resistance, with excellent mildew resistance (8) but average on brown rust (5) and Rhynchosporium (5).
• It is moderately resistant to net blotch in Agrii trials.

Pedigree: Tamtam x Concerto

The data presented here is a partial abstraction from the AHDB Recommended List. The complete data set is available on the AHDB website here

Further information from the breeder can be found here

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