Sugar Beet Leaflet 2018
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SUGAR BEET VARIETIES 2019 BETASEED. SIMPLY DIFFERENT.

BTS 3325THE EARLY STARTER • Rhizomania tolerant • High adjusted tonnes: 103.1% • High sugar yield: 103.0% • Very high sugar content: 18.3% • Excellent ESB and NSB characteristicsBTS 1140RAISING THE BAR IN YIELD • Rhizomania tolerant • Extremely high adjusted tonnes: 107.6% • Extremely high sugar yield: 108.0% • Very high root yield: 108.0% • High sugar content: 18.0% • For normal & late sowing; excellent NSB characteristics Breeders Comment: “Annually a small part of the national crop is drilled in the early part of March. Early Sown Bolting tolerance for varieties sown this early is a key...

(Based on trials from 2015-2017) Mean of control values include Stingray which is no longer listed. ' Newly listed varieties (PR1/PS'l)'nave results from three years using approximately 2 kg breeders' seed. Thereafter commercial seed should be used in RL trials. (See supplementary table). Full dataset available at www.bbro.co.uk Yields based on an average plant population of 108,000 plants/ha in these trials. Differences in yields of less than 3% should be treated with reserve. The bolters from normal sowings are applicable for sowing after mid-March in most seasons. Differences of 4% or...

6 There are clearly also secondary considerations such as disease tolerance, sugar content etc. to take into account. These can be referred to in the Recommended List summary table on page 6/7 or on the full version on the BBRO web site at www.bbro.co.uk/sugar-beet-varieties/recommended-list Crop Yield - Adjusted tonnes % of controls * Philina KWS (AYPR) = 104.9 Yield v 15482 Bolters 1. Is the yield potential of the older varieties still competitive? If in 2018 you’re growing a variety on the left side of the 100% adjusted tonnes yield potential line, ask yourself if you judge its yield...

VARIETY POSITIONING FOR YOUR CHOSEN ROUTE EXCELLENT YIELD, RELIABLE & CONSISTENT. A MAINSTAY FOR THE UK CROP EXTREMELY HIGH YIELDING, PUSHING YIELD BOUNDARIES RELIABLE HIGH YIELDING VARIETY WITH VERY HIGH SUGAR CONTENT, SUITABLE FOR EARLY SOWING BREEDERS SOWING PERIOD ADVICE Variety BTS 3325 BTS 860 BTS 1140 Note: any rating shown in this publication has been extracted from the 2019 BBRO Sugar Beet Recommended List. Limagrain UK Ltd Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT Tel: 01472 371 471 Fax: 01472 371 386 enquiries@limagrain.co.uk www.lgseeds.co.uk/sugarbeet