How different are the barley varieties on the latest AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds recommended list compared to those from the 1970s? Quite different from our 'Circle of Barley' in the image below. More recent varieties in the winter and spring 2 row categories tend to cluster together at the ends of major branches, indicating increasing similarity. The trend is not so obvious in winter 6 rows but we have not included the hybrids in this figure. Look closely at where the new recommendations Cosmopolitan, KWS Gimlet, LG Flynn, LG Mountain, and Valerie are placed. ...
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The 2019/20 AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds recommended lists for UK has just been published on their website. For barley, the key points are the addition of four 2 row and 2 6 row winter feeding varieties and one spring variety with brewing potential. The 2 row winters are KWS Gimlet, LG Flynn, LG Mountain and Valerie (Breun) and the 6 row hybrids are SY Baracooda and SY Kingsbarn from Syngenta. Interestingly, the new spring variety, Cosmopolitan, comes from the Danish Sejet breeding programme. Just two winter malting varieties have been dropped - Coref and Talisman.
Full details at ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/recommended-lists ...
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