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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
LG SKYSCRAPER
Yiel
d (%
of c
ontr
ol)
RGT GravityElation GrahamRGT Saki KWS KerrinGleam
100
99
98
106
107
105
104
103
102
101
EastUK 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.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)
LG SKYSCRAPER77
910
78
82+1
77
87+1
77
860
77
85+1
Elation RGT Gravity Gleam KWS KerrinAGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
lg skyscraperwinter wheat
Limagrain UK, Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DTTel: 01472 371471 Email: [email protected] @LGSeedsUK @LGSeedsUK
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@ = Believed to carry the Pch1 Rendezvous (Y) gene to eyespot
AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
Grain Quality:Endosperm textureProtein Content %Hagberg Falling NumberSpecific Weight (kg/hl)UK Distilling
Hard11.321976.3
-
Hard10.915176.3
-
Disease Resistance:MildewYellow rustBrown rustSeptoria triticiEyespotOWBM
LG SKYSCRAPER
Soft11.421876.9(Y)
786
5.0(4)R
676
6.34R
777
4.95R
Hard11.420476.0
-
486
4.84R
RGT Gravity Gleam KWS Kerrin
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
( ) = Limited Data, (Y) = May be suited to that market.
Soft11.620677.4
Y
796
4.34R
Elation
Breeder’s Reference: LGWU 123Parentage: (Cassius x NAWW 29) x KWS Santiago Trial Status 2019/20: AHDB Recommended
lg skyscraperwinter wheat
Limagrain UK, Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DTTel: 01472 371471 Email: [email protected] @LGSeedsUK @LGSeedsUK
Dec 2019. Data from AHDB Recommended List 2020/21. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree.
ROTATION & SOIL TYPE:
LG SKYSCRAPER
LG SKYSCRAPER
RGT Saki
RGT Saki
RGT Gravity
RGT Gravity
KWS Kerrin
KWS Kerrin
Yiel
d (%
con
trol
)
Yiel
d (%
con
trol
)
Elation ElationGleam GleamGraham Graham
ROTATION SOIL TYPE
99 99
98 98
105 105
106 106
104 104
103 103
102 102
101 101
100 100
2nd or more cereal Heavy soils1st cereal Light soils
