United Kingdom
September 17, 2010
A close look at the current HGCA Recommended List shows that Invicta, the leading nabim Group 3 wheat, delivers significant benefits over group 4 varieties,” emphasises Lee Robinson, Director of Marketing – Arable Seeds for Limagrain UK.
“The market showed that it was ready for a new group 3 two years ago by the way that it embraced Viscount. The relegation of that variety into group 4 has left the door wide open for Invicta, which ticks all of the boxes that Viscount failed to do, with the added bonuses of stiffer straw, improved disease resistance and better resistance to sprouting. Consequently, it offers growers a tremendous all-round package.”
“Invicta is derived from the most popular group 3 varieties grown in the UK over the last 20 years Riband, Consort, Claire and Robigus, which all feature in its pedigree, and competes squarely on a yield level against the majority of hard group 4 varieties. It also has the added bonus of being accepted by premium markets in domestic milling, export, and distilling and one of the best Hagberg falling numbers amongst the soft types, which as well as having a benefit when selling the grain may also see an increased resistance to sprouting in difficult harvests, like the one we have just experienced.
“Limagrain have always put great store in breeding varieties that provide a high level of security to growers by improving the levels of genetic resistance within its varieties. Invicta has very high levels of resistance, in particular to Yellow rust and Septoria tritici which, with good reason, remain the diseases that most concentrate the minds of growers.
“Although it can be argued that some varieties are better second wheats, where growers are focusing production around group 3, Invicta sets the standard amongst that group when sown as a second cereal and clearly this is a major advantage where storage is an issue.
“Based on the HGCA Recommended List treated yield of 10.92 t/ha and a £5/t premium over feed wheat at £140/tonne, Invicta generates a gross margin of £1087/ha, which is up to £83/ha higher than most Group 4s.”
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