Champion

✚ High yielding hard feed wheat that is widely grown

✚ Ideally suited for later drilling and lighter soils.

Variety Positioning

• A very high yielding hard feed wheat in Agrii trials (107% treated, 77% untreated) and sits towards the top of the UK Recommended List and will continue to attract a significant share of the wheat market.

• However, it has a very average specific weight (75.6 kg/hl) compared with varieties like Graham and KWS Dawsum and last season its resistance to yellow rust declined significantly. 

• Champion is most suitable for the East and West regions, performs well across all soil types and is a good second wheat.

• It is not suitable for regions of high sterility risk and not recommended in Scotland.

• The straw is average height (89 cm) and rather weak, (RL 7; Agrii 4) treated, (RL 6; Agrii 4) untreated, so a robust PGR programme is recommended.

• Later drilling, the second wheat position and lighter soils can be used to mitigate against the lodging risk.

• It is relatively early to mature (RL 0; Agrii +1). 

  It disease resistance is now very average with mildew (RL 5; Agrii 5), yellow rust (RL 4; Agrii 2), Septoria tritici (RL 7; Agrii 6), and brown rust (RL 5; Agrii 4).  

• It appears to be moderately susceptible to eyespot (4) and stem-based diseases.  

• Reasonable resistance to fusarium ear blight (5.7) and resistant to orange wheat blossom midge. 

NOTE:
Numbers in bold – Agrii Advisory List data.
Numbers in standard text – AHDB Recommended List data.