United Kingdom
September 5, 2024
Hard Group 4 wheat DSV Champion tops the latest 2024 AHDB Harvest Results published on August 30th with a yield 112% of control, some 2% ahead of the next RL variety.
In a high disease pressure year that tested many established varieties, Champion’s good all round disease resistance was in strong evidence, says DSV UK’s Sarah Hawthorne.
“These are great results for DSV Champion, which currently holds the Guinness world record for the highest wheat yield at 17.96t/ha, further underlining its outstanding combination of robust disease resistance and high yield potential.
“Not only has it produced the highest outright yield to date in 2024 AHDB fungicide treated trials, it also shares top position for five-year average yield with a score of 107%.
"It's one of the few varieties to genuinely have overcome the ‘yield/resistance’ trade-off and is one of the highest yielding wheats on the current RL when grown as either a first or second cereal.
"It’s a versatile performer on heavy and light soils and great later driller too, with its powerful growth habit giving it one the highest scores for this on the RL together with a latest safe sowing date of mid-February. It’s a truly impressive all-rounder.
“Group 4 hard wheat DSV Oxford has also performed well in the latest AHDB harvest results with a yield of 106% of controls for 2024 and a five-year average yield of 104%.”
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