KWS Dawsum - Group 4 Winter Wheat
Breeder:Type:Pedigree: |
KWSGROUP 4 (Hard Feed)KWS Kerrin x Costello |
✚ High yields and excellent physical grain quality.
✚ Drilling date flexibility and all-round disease resistance.
High yields (104% treated, 96% untreated) with very bold grain (78.1 kg/hl)
Variety Positioning
- It is considered as a Costello-replacement with 4% more yield.
KWS Dawsum may also be accepted into some low grade flour blends. - Suitable across the UK including areas of high sterility risk. It can be grown across heavy and light soils and has a wide drilling window – mid-September through to the end of January. It is also an acceptable second wheat choice.
- A high tillering variety of medium height (83 cm) and reasonably stiff straw treated (7) (7) and untreated (7) (6).
- Average competitiveness against grassweeds in Stow Longa trials and medium-late in its maturity (+1) (+3).
- A good set of disease scores for mildew (8), yellow rust (9) (8.1), brown rust (6.8) (7.0) and Septoria tritici (6.4) (6.5).
- Moderately resistant to fusarium ear blight (6.8) and it is not resistant to orange wheat blossom midge.
NOTE:
Numbers in red – Agrii Advisory List data.
Numbers in black – AHDB Recommended List data
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