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Trinity a Growers Guide

Trinity a Growers Guide. Mark Nightingale Plant Breeder. Picking a Winner in the UK !. Task Identify and select varieties for the U.K. market Elsoms Sites Six U.K. Trial locations Five are co-located with Official trials Three specific disease testing locations in the U.K.

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Trinity a Growers Guide

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  1. Trinity a Growers Guide Mark Nightingale Plant Breeder

  2. Picking a Winner in the UK ! • Task • Identify and select varieties for the U.K. market • Elsoms Sites • Six U.K. Trial locations • Five are co-located with Official trials • Three specific disease testing locations in the U.K. • LLS Specific nurseries - EW region & Scotland • Canker: specific nurseries in the EW region • Club root: specific nurseries - U.K. + Europe

  3. Yield

  4. Gross Output – OP’s

  5. Gross Output – Hybrids (Trinity)

  6. Agronomy

  7. Establishing the Crop • Good autumn vigour • Strong rapid development • Robust autumn plant architecture • Good winter hardiness - not prostrate • Strong early spring growth reported from 2013 seed crops.

  8. Earliness – OP’s

  9. Earliness - Hybrids (Trinity)

  10. Plant Height – OP’s

  11. Plant Height - Hybrids

  12. Standing Power – OP’s

  13. Standing Power - Hybrids (Trinity)

  14. Disease Resistance

  15. Disease Scores – OP’s

  16. Disease Scores - Hybrids

  17. Verticillium Wilt • Not just a European disease….. • An increasing problem in the UK! • Dr Gladders’ recommendations for managing the risk were • Determine its prevalence on individual farms • Good agronomy – a strong plant holds off verticillium • Extended rotations • Variety choice • Trinity has good resistance – • Galileo parent has very good resistance • Trinity performed excellently in the Gottingen trials.

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