KWS SERAFINO
Fire up your rye yields and grain quality!
- New AHDB entry from KWS
- Multi-purpose hybrid (AD or grain; feed, flour and distilling)
- Excellent stem stiffness and brown rust resistance
Characteristics
About
KWS Serafino offers maximum yield performance for wholecrop or grain, with a leading harvest index (grains/ear). KWS’ own trials data highlights excellent hagberg (HFN) and grain sample quality when grown in UK conditions.
Characteristics in numbers
| Variety Type | Hybrid 100% F1 |
| Use/End Market | AD, Grain (feed/flour),Distilling |
| Seed Rate |
Sept 200–220/m² Oct 250 + m² |
| Drilling Depth | 2–3 cm |
| Unit/Pack Size | 12 Mio. Seed Unit |
| Development to reach GS31 | Medium |
| Development to reach GS51 | Medium |
| Wholecrop silage maturity | 30–40% DM |
| Grain harvest (moisture %) | 11-13 |
| Grain yield | High |
| Drought tolerance | Very High |
| Harvest index (grains/ear) | Very high |
| Lodging* | 2* |
| Straw strength (cm) | 128-1386 |
| Mildew | High |
| Brown Rust | High |
| Hagberg | 120-240 |
| Protein (%) | 8-11% |
Data sources: Danish farmer union trials, KWS UK Obs, KWS Lochow Breeder Obs, Bundessortenamt KWS UK own data (graph)
