KWS CRANIUM
The thinking farmer's wheat!
- Exceptionally stiff strawed
- The specialist wheat for later drilling
- Excellent combination of yield, yellow rust and OWBM resistance
Characteristics
About
KWS Cranium is a hard Group 4 wheat that offers farmers the ultimate tool in risk management, thanks to its ability to perform well in all of the major situations that significantly impact yield. Suited to the mainstream sowing slots, KWS Cranium really excels in late drilling where it tops the yield charts at 104%. Add good performance in the first and second wheat slots and you have a variety that is really flexible for many farming situations.
| UK | 102 |
| East | 102 |
| West | 100 |
| North | 102 |
| Untreated | 79 |
| First cereal | 101 |
| Second cereal | 102 |
| Early sown | [101] |
| Late sown | 104 |
| Light soil | 103 |
| Heavy soil | 101 |
| Mildew | 5 |
| Yellow Rust | 9 |
| Brown Rust | 4 |
| Septoria Tritici | 5.8 |
| Eyespot | 5 |
| Fusarium | 7 |
| OWBM | R |
| Resistance to lodging (+PGR) | 8 |
| Resistance to lodging (-PGR) | 8 |
| Height (cm) | 90 |
| Ripening (days +/- Control, -ve = earlier) | +3 |
| Latest safe sowing date | Mid Feb |
| Tillering capacity (low/mod/high) | moderate-high |
| Growth habit overwinter | intermediate-erect |
| Development (Time to GS32) | fast |
| ukp bread wheat for export | no |
| uks soft wheat for export | no |
| Protein content (%) | 10.9 |
| Protein content (%) - Milling spec | 11.7 |
| Hagberg Falling Number | 286 |
| Specific weight (kg/hl) | 75.8 |
| Scotland | 15th September |
| North Lincolnshire & Yorkshire | 20th September |
| East Anglia & Midlands | 25th September |
| West & Midlands | 25th September |
| South | 1st October |
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