KWS SERAFINO
Fire up your rye yields and grain quality!
- Excellent stem stiffness and brown rust resistance
- Multi-purpose hybrid (AD or grain; feed, flour and distilling)
- New AHDB entry from KWS
Characteristics
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Variety Type | winter |
Use/End Market | Multi Usage |
Development to reach GS31 | Medium |
Development to reach GS51 | Medium |
Drought tolerance | High |
Harvest index (grains/ear) | Very high |
Lodging *(1-10 scale, 1=low risk) | 2 |
Mildew | High |
BrownRust | High |
Seed Unit Size | 12 |
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 | 111 |
Drought tolerance | Very High |
Harvest index (grains/ear) | Very high |
Lodging* | 2* |
Straw strength (cm) | 128 |
Brown Rust | 7 |
Hagberg | 250 |
Protein (%) | 9.7 |
Data sources: Danish farmer union trials, KWS UK Obs, KWS Lochow Breeder Obs, Bundessortenamt KWS UK own data (graph). AHDB Recommended List Winter rye 2021/22
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