KWS EXTASE
The complete package with Septoria protection built-in
- Still the highest untreated yield on the RL
- The most complete package of disease resistance and grain quality on the market today
- Exceptional resistance to Septoria tritici - the first variety over an 8 on the market
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KWS Extase is possibly the most exciting variety to be recommended in recent years. Its amazing combination of end-market potential, yield and disease resistance will make it a variety that every farmer will want to grow in 2023 and beyond. The highest yielding breadmaking variety on the RL, KWS Extase is suited to a wide range of soil types and its regional performance is strong across the board. It boasts the best untreated yield of any variety on the RL at 97% controls; the robust all-round package that KWS Extase offers is completed with an exceptional score of 7.8 for Septoria tritici. As a Group 2 milling wheat with excellent grain characteristics, KWS Extase meets the needs of domestic millers and is approved for export with its status.
UK | 102 |
East | 102 |
West | 102 |
North | 100 |
Untreated | 97 |
First cereal | 101 |
Second cereal | 102 |
Early sown | [99] |
Late sown | 102 |
Light soil | 102 |
Heavy soil | 101 |
Mildew | 7 |
Yellow Rust | 8 |
Brown Rust | 6 |
Septoria Tritici | 7.8 |
Eyespot | [4] |
Fusarium | 6 |
Resistance to lodging (+PGR) | 8 |
Resistance to lodging (-PGR) | 7 |
Height (cm) | 91 |
Ripening (days +/- Control, -ve = earlier) | -1 |
Latest safe sowing date | End Jan |
ukp bread wheat for export | yes |
uks soft wheat for export | no |
Protein content (%) | 11.7 |
Protein content (%) - Milling spec | 12.5 |
Hagberg Falling Number | 294 |
Specific weight (kg/hl) | 79.4 |
Scotland | 20th September |
North Lincolnshire & Yorkshire | 20th September |
East Anglia & Midlands | 25th September |
West & Midlands | 25th September |
South | 30th September |
It just ticks so many boxes and, as the current mainstay variety, accounts for fifty per cent of our 650ha of wheat.
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