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Breeder Agronomy Notes

• Parentage

(Chablis x Cadenza) x Cadenza

• Breeder Comments

Ashby is a high yielding Group 2 spring wheat, offering growers the potential to capture attractive breadmaking premiums across a wide window of late season sowing dates.

• Sowing Dates

Recommended – Mid October onwards

• Seed Rates

Completely depends on sowing date, these varieties can be sown from mid October onwards. Seed rates would be as you would winter wheat, these are all vigorous tillerers, SR 350—450 as time passes and seed beds dictate

• Growth Habits

Ashby has a good disease package with very good resistance to yellow rust.

 

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