Amarone

✚ A high yielding conventional in Agrii and AHDB trials

✚ Good all-round agronomic profile

Variety Positioning

• Pi Pinnacle was added to the AHDB Recommended List in 2024 and comes from the independent UK breeder, Mike Pickford.

• It is the highest yielding conventional variety in Agrii’s trials (102% treated, 89% untreated) and the most widely grown.

• It has shown consistent performance across the UK with its best performance in the north (108%).

• It has an average oil content (45.1%). 

• Pi Pinnacle performs across all regions and soil types including more fertile situations.

• It has a reasonable speed of development in both the autumn (8) but slower in the spring (5) and best suited to earlier drilling.

• It goes on to produce an average height canopy (158 cm), very stiff (RL 8) and low lodging risk (RL 8; Agrii 8).  

• It has medium maturity (RL 5; Agrii 5).

• Reasonable all-round disease resistance with light leaf spot (RL 6; Agrii 7), average phoma resistance (4) and intermediate resistance to Verticillium stem stripe and good late season stem health.
   

NOTE:
Numbers in red – Agrii Advisory List data.
Numbers in black – AHDB Recommended List