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AHDB, CANDIDATE Parentage: (Cassius x NAWW 29) x KWS Santiago Breeder's Reference: LGWU 123 Trial Status 2018/19: AHDB Candidate LG Skyscraper is the highest yielding variety available on the AHDB Recommended and Candidate Lists 2018/19. The variety also offers a combination of strong disease resistance, with good grain quality. LG Skyscraper is also resistant to orange wheat blossom midge. LG Skyscraper has shown very high yield potential in National Lists trials over two years, with a significant Vi1 yield improvement over KWS Santiago - the consistently high yielding benchmark variety. Lodging % - Untreated Lodging % + PGR Height (cm) Ripening (days +/- JB Diego) LG Skyscraper is a taller strawed variety, similar to JB Diego, which responds well to PGR treatments. Vr The variety offers the additional benefit of Orange Wheat Blossom Midge resistance, an important trait ** increasingly valued by growers due to restrictions on insecticide products. © LG Skyscraper is high tillering with a semi-prostrate winter habit. The variety appears to have a w't quicker speed of development in the spring, with a more erect plant type. www.lgseeds.co.uk/lg-skyscraper Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT

LG SKYSCRAPERWINTER WHEAT Parentage: (Cassius x NAWW 29) x KWS Santiago Breeder's Reference: LGWU 123 Trial Status 2018/19: AHDB Candidate LG Skyscraper has a strong disease resistance profile comparable with the control varieties, 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. The variety has been rated as a positive for distilling after two years of official testing, making it an attractive proposition for Northern Growers. LG Skyscraper is a...