20
14
Harvest 2013 Data
Dickens performed well in 2013 and gave bold samples.
77
75
8.0
74
6.5
OAKLEY
7.0
KWS KIELDER
7.5
JB DIEGO
8.5
KWS SANTIAGO
76
EVOLUTION
9.0
DICKENS
Yield (t/ha) @ 15% m.c.
= Specific Weight
LSD = 0.552 t/ha
73
72
Specific Weight (kg/hl)
= Yield
9.5
71
Specific Weight, LSD = 3.33 kg/hl.
Trial 13045 (Cambs) First Wheat Early Variety Trial –
Yield and Specific Weight by Variety
Dickens has excellent rust resistance which means you don’t have to rush
into the field immediately when there is a local outbreak.
= Brown Rust
9
With better disease resistance, better
grain qualities and an earlier harvest,
Dickens represents one of the best
new introductions in the winter wheat
market for many years.
A classic of
its time...
All this and a yield up with the
very best available.
= Yellow Rust
● A barn-filling feed wheat
with a decent Hagberg
and Specific Weight
7
6
5
Bred by
Dickens
JB Diego
KWS
Santiago
Relay
3.8
8.1
8.9
7.7
4.4
6.4
7.7
5.4
3
8.4
4
8.4
Rust Resistance
8
KWS
Kielder
Brown and Yellow Rust Resistance –
HGCA 2014 Recommended List
For further information contact your local office
● Excellent Yellow and
Brown Rust resistance
Dickens represents one of the best new
introductions in the winter wheat market.
Yield
Dickens is one of the highest yielding feed varieties, only marginally behind KWS Santiago and
KWS Kielder, and outyielding KWS Santiago in three of the last four years and JB Diego in each
of the last four years.
On HGCA data Dickens shows little difference in yield between 1st or 2nd wheat situations,
across regions or light or heavy soils, thus showing the consistency of Dickens in a wide
variety of situations. This is confirmed in the breeder’s own trials below.
Parentage – and why it matters
Ref’ Trial 12066
KWS KIELDER
4
JB DIEGO 2010
LSD = 0.95 t/ha
1st Wheat Trial – Yield Group 4 (H)
2011
2012
2013
Resistance to Mildew (7), Yellow Rust (8) and Brown Rust (8) is excellent. Septoria tritici at (5)
is the same as both KWS Santiago, KWS Kielder and JB Diego. It is not Orange Wheat
Blossom Midge resistant.
UK REC’ LIST AVERAGE
106
108
110
HGCA data UK average yield by year
Standing ability
Dickens has straw of average height and a straw strength similar to KWS Santiago and
JB Diego – rated (7).
14
Grain quality
12
2 year Winter Wheat varieties trial – Wiltshire
74
72
70
68
8
7
66
Ref’ Trial 12057 LSD (Yield) = 0.31 t/ha, LSD (SW) = 1.14 kg/hl
KWS KIELDER
KWS SANTIAGO
8
EVOLUTION
9
JB DIEGO
10
= Specific Weight
9
6
DICKENS
Grain yield (t/ha)
13
11
= Yield
10
2nd Wheat Trial – Yield Group 4 (H)
64
62
60
58
Specific Weight (kg/hl)
104
KWS KIELDER
102
RELAY
100
% of treated control
DUXFORD
98
KWS SANTIAGO
96
JB DIEGO
94
Overall the disease resistance package is very good.
Dickens also produces white flour so may be suitable for inclusion in some bread grists…
5
UK REC’ LIST AVERAGE
Disease resistance
Specific Weight is rated good at 76.3 kg/hl as is a Hagberg of 218 both of which are better
than KWS Santiago and KWS Kielder.
6
RELAY
2011
2012
2013
7
DUXFORD
KWS KIELDER 2010
KWS SANTIAGO
UK REC’ LIST AVERAGE
8
JB DIEGO
KWS SANTIAGO
2010
2011
2012
2013
DICKENS
Dickens maturity has provided for more consistent performance than many other varieties over very
different seasons and as it is earlier than most varieties this makes it an excellent choice for growers
with large acreages as part of the variety mix.
UK REC’ LIST AVERAGE
9
DICKENS
In recent years the maturity of the highest yielding wheat varieties has, on average, been getting
later. And although the dry years of 2010 and 2011 favoured the later maturing varieties, 2012
favoured the earlier maturing varieties and 2013 was fairly even handed. Dickens is one of the
earliest feed wheat varieties available, not as late as KWS Santiago, KWS Kielder or Evolution.
2011
2012
2013
Yield (t/ha) @ 15% m.c.
Maturity
10
DICKENS 2010
Yield (t/ha) @ 15% m.c.
Dickens is an (Equinox x Charger) x Defender cross. Why is this important?
Because a large percentage of the feed varieties in the UK market are crosses of Robigus or
Oakley and these varieties contain common genes that contribute to their disease resistance.
Dickens does not have Robigus or Oakley in its parentage and therefore offers different genetic
resistance which should provide better protection against any new races of Yellow or Brown Rust.

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