KWS ORWELL
The UK's most popular winter barley
- Highly consistent across regions
- Stiffest 2-row variety
- Good combination of wet weather disease resistance
Characteristics
About
KWS Orwell delivers a step up in straw strength and yield over existing 2-row feed varieties.
It performs consistently across all regions of the UK. It is short and stiff, with good all-round wet weather disease resistance scores, other than for mildew which needs watching.
Characteristics in numbers
| UK | 103 |
| East | 102 |
| West | 103 |
| North | 102 |
| Mildew | 3 |
| Yellow rust | [7] |
| Brown rust | 7 |
| Rhynchosporium | 6 |
| Net blotch | 5 |
| BaYMV | R |
| Screenings <2.25mm | 2.1 |
| Screenings <2.5mm | 6.0 |
| Lodging | 8 |
| Maturity | 0 |
| Height (cm) with PGR | 85 |
| SP.Wt (kg/hl) | 67.8 |
