RGT Guardsman (BYDV)

✚ A hard feed wheat with BYDV resistance

✚ An opportunity to grow insecticide-free wheat

Variety Positioning

• RGT Guardsman is BYDV resistant feed wheat from RAGT and much higher yields and better agronomic package than earlier varieties.

• It's yield level is more in touch with current feed wheats at 103%, almost exactly the same in both 2023 and 2024.

• It has average physical grain quality (75.6kg/hl and 10.1% protein.

• It is a good choice for those seeking BYDV resistance in a competitive feed and is is much better than everything we have had before.

• RGT Guardsman has relatively tall straw similar Santiago so it requires a decent PGR programme.

• Reasonably good all-round disease resistance against mildew (6), yellow rust (7), brown rust (6), Septoria tritici (5.7) and Eyespot (5). Unlike earlier BYDV resistant varieties. 

• it does not have orange wheat blossom midge resistance.

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