LG Skyscraper is the highest yielding winter wheat variety available on the AHDB Recommended List 2020/21. The variety offers a combination of strong agronomic characters, with excellent grain quality and the additional end-use market of distilling. LG Skyscraper has consistently shown very high yields over differing seasons, regions, soil type, rotation and drilling date. Offering growers flexibility in their cropping and drilling decisions. LG Skyscraper has performed very well as a second wheat. YIELD: Breeder’s Reference: LGWU 123 Parentage: (Cassius x NAWW 29) x KWS Santiago Trial Status 2020/21: AHDB Recommended LG SKYSCRAPER Yield (% of control) RGT Gravity Elation Graham RGT Saki KWS Kerrin Gleam 100 99 98 106 107 105 104 103 102 101 East UK West North LG Skyscraper is a taller strawed variety, with similar straw strength as other leading commercial feed wheats that are taking considerable market share. The variety’s good tillering and quicker growth in the spring, combined with its taller, larger biomass can be beneficial in a black grass situation. LG Skyscraper is high tillering with a semi-prostrate winter habit. The variety appears to have a quicker speed of development in the spring, with a more erect plant type. Resistance to lodging without PGR Resistance to lodging with PGR Height (cm) Ripening (days +/- Skyfall) LG SKYSCRAPER 7 7 91 0 7 8 82 +1 7 7 87 +1 7 7 86 0 7 7 85 +1 Elation RGT Gravity Gleam KWS Kerrin AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS: lg skyscraper winter wheat Limagrain UK, Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT Tel: 01472 371471 Email: [email protected]www.lgseeds.co.uk @LGSeedsUK @LGSeedsUK Continues overleaf...
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LG Skyscraper is the highest yielding winter wheat variety available on the AHDB Recommended List 2020/21. The variety offers a combination of strong agronomic characters, with excellent grain quality and the additional end-use market of distilling.
LG Skyscraper has consistently shown very high yields over differing seasons, regions, soil type, rotation and drilling date. Offering growers flexibility in their cropping and drilling decisions.Quadri M100J80
LG Skyscraper has performed very well as a second wheat.Quadri M100J80
YIELD:
Breeder’s Reference: LGWU 123Parentage: (Cassius x NAWW 29) x KWS Santiago Trial Status 2020/21: AHDB Recommended
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LG Skyscraper is a taller strawed variety, with similar straw strength as other leading commercial feed wheats that are taking considerable market share.Quadri M100J80
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The variety’s good tillering and quicker growth in the spring, combined with its taller, larger biomass can be beneficial in a black grass situation.
LG Skyscraper is high tillering with a semi-prostrate winter habit. The variety appears to have a quicker speed of development in the spring, with a more erect plant type.
Resistance to lodging without PGRResistance to lodging with PGRHeight (cm)Ripening (days +/- Skyfall)
It offers the additional benefit of Orange Wheat Blossom Midge resistance, an important trait increasingly valued by growers due to restrictions on insecticide products.Quadri M100J80
LG Skyscraper has a good disease resistance profile, showing good resistance for both yellow rust and Septoria tritici. Limagrain recommend a full protective fungicide programme for good disease control and attainment of full yield potential.
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LG Skyscraper is the highest yielding feed variety with a good combination of agronomic merits and grain quality attributes, giving growers maximum potential return on their investment.Quadri M100J80
LG Skyscraper is rated as positive for distilling, making it an attractive proposition for northern growers.Quadri M100J80
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Breeder’s Reference: LGWU 123Parentage: (Cassius x NAWW 29) x KWS Santiago Trial Status 2019/20: AHDB Recommended