A wheat variety that could cut your fungicide bill

摘要

Tne big farming company is hoping that growing the more disease-resistant winter wheat variety Extase will help it fine-tune fungi-cide spending this spring.Sentry grew lOOha of the variety last season and has tripled its area this year, as there is a lot of demand for the milling grain and it fits into the group's preferred October drilling slot.Extase, bred by KWS, achieved the highest yield in the AHDB Recommended List untreated fungicide trials, due largely to its good resistance to septoria and yellow rust, and seed is expected to sell well this autumn.James Mayes, who advises Sentry on fungicide strategy and is farm manager at one of thegroup's farms in Essex, is impressed with the new variety and the potential to push wheat fungicide costs below E100/ha.