One of the first crops of Limagrain’s six-row BYDV tolerant winter barley, Rafaela, has been harvested in Cornwall with the breeder reproting encouraging results.
The 6ha field at Saltash, Cornwall, that followed spring oats, was harvested on July 9 and yielded 8.15t/ha and a specific weight of 66kg/hl.
Grower John Moss believed that the BYDV tolerance definitely kicked in and protected yields.
“We thought it would be worth trying Rafaela as we are in a BYDV hot spot,” he said, “and despite the high BYDV pressure, it’s proved its worth, so we’ll definitely be putting some more in next year.
“It’s been a super-looking crop all the way through, tall and stood well, although we didn’t get as much straw off it as we would have liked.”
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