Nickerson Seeds
Clubroot resistant
Restored Hybrid
UK National List
No
Resistant
Pod Shatter & RLM7 (Phoma Resistance)
Archimedes has completed National List trials and offers growers a clubroot resistant variety with additional superior agronomic traits over comparable varieties within this same sector.
Archimedes is comparable for yield with the control varieties PR46W21 and the clubroot resistant variety Mentor.
Archimedes offers superior agronomic attributes over other commercial clubroot varieties, giving growers a better proposition for on farm performance.
| ARCHIMEDES | *Mentor | *Cracker | PR46W21 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 102 | 101 | 91 | 99 |
| 2015 | 98 | 104 | 90 | 98 |
Archimedes and control varieties - Data from the AHDB NL2 Candidate report - North 2-year summary 2014/15 data. *Mentor and *Cracker data from the Recommended Lists database 2016/17, North Region.
| ARCHIMEDES | *Mentor | *Cracker | PR46W21 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance to Lodging | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Stem Stiffness | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Plant Height (cm) | 159 | 148 | 153 | 156 |
| Earliness of Flowering | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Earliness of Maturity | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Oil Content @ 9% moisture | 42.7 | 45.9 | 43.9 | 45.2 |
Archimedes and control varieties - Data from the AHDB NL2 Candidate report - North 2-year summary 2014/15 data. *Mentor and *Cracker data from the Recommended Lists database 2016/17, North Region. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree (e.g. high resistance)
| ARCHIMEDES | *Mentor | *Cracker | PR46W21 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Leaf Spot | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Stem Canker | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Archimedes and control varieties - Data from the AHDB NL2 Candidate report - North 2-year summary 2014/15 data. *Mentor and *Cracker data from the Recommended Lists database 2016/17, North Region. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree (e.g. high resistance)
Archimedes has a specific resistance for clubroot which is efficient in most cases but cannot guarantee 100% resistance in situations of evolving strains.
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