Welford
A short, very stiff strawed feed wheat. Very well suited to high yielding situations.
Yield
Welford is a high yielding variety particularly in high yielding fertile situations.
Stiff Strawed
Welford has very short and exceptionally stiff straw.
Disease Resistance
Welford has good all round disease resistance with excellent resistance to eyespot.
Orange Wheat Blossom Midge
Welford is resistant to this pest.
See further Orange Wheat Blossom Midge Information
Grain Quality
Hard endosperm variety with moderate specific weight.
Agronomy
Welford is best grown in fertile soils where stiff straw is advantageous, either as a first wheat or due to its exceptional eyespot resistance also as a second wheat.
Welford is a farmer friendly variety being relatively cheap to grow and very easy to combine.
See further agronomy information
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Variety Information |
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| Yield |
UK |
102% |
| Resistance to lodging |
Without PGR |
9 |
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With PGR |
9 |
| Agronomy |
Height (cms) |
80 |
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Earlyness (+/-) |
+1 |
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Resistance to Sprouting |
7 |
| Disease Resistances |
Mildew |
6 |
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Yellow Rust |
7 |
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Brown Rust |
6 |
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Septoria nodorum |
6 |
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Septoria tritici |
5 |
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Eyespot |
8 |
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Fusarium ear blight |
5 |
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Blossom midge |
R |
| Grain Quality |
Endosperm texture |
Hard |
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Protein content % |
11.8 |
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Hagberg Falling Number |
261 |
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Specific weight (kg/hl) |
74.4 |
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Chopin alveograph W |
78 |
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Chopin alveograph P/L |
1.0 |
The above information is from the HGCA Recommended List 2008. Welford is not on the current HGCA Recommended List.