Newer winter wheat varieties put pressure on old favourites

摘要

Winter wheat varieties Revelation, Crusoe and Skyfall look set to be the big winners this autumn as growers turn to those with good disease resistance after yellow rust and septoria hit crops this spring.Other new varieties with good disease resistance scores such as Evolution, Leeds and Dickens are also seen to have made inroads into the winter wheat seed market, with growers keen to cut costs as grain prices slide.The main losers seem likely to be Santiago and Kielder, which although yielding well, have struggled with disease this year and many growers see them as expensive to grow in terms of fungicide inputs.