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Trinity Grower's Guide: Picking Winners for the UK Market

This guide by Mark Nightingale, a plant breeder, assists in identifying and selecting varieties suitable for the UK market. It covers trial locations, disease testing, yield output, agronomy, and disease resistance. Learn about Trinity's characteristics and resistance to diseases like Verticillium Wilt, with practical recommendations for managing risks and optimizing crop performance.

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Trinity Grower's Guide: Picking Winners for the UK Market

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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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