Content related to the topic: varieties

26 March 2025

How to use wheat varieties to reduce fungicide intensity

Discover how varieties with good disease resistance can provide greater flexibility in fungicide programmes and reduce the amount of fungicide needed.

23 January 2026

Nitrogen management in RL trials

How the Nutrient Management Guide (RB209) helps set fertiliser rates in the trials for the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL).

5 March 2025

Using varieties to mellow yellow rust in winter wheat

We explain how wheat yellow rust gets special treatment at AHDB (features the new rust watch lists)

4 February 2026

Nitrogen management for milling quality in wheat

A relatively high grain protein content is required for bread-making flours. Find out how careful variety choice and nitrogen management will help you secure milling wheat premiums.

30 January 2025

Designing fungicide programmes for variety trials

Paul Gosling explains how we tap into a national network of agronomists to agree fungicide programmes that provide a fair test of varieties in trials.

10 July 2025

A new interactive version of the RL to aid variety selection

We have issued a new online tool to make it even easier to identify the best varieties for specific situations.

18 December 2025

Why the RL fungicide programme is commercially relevant

An explanation of why the Recommended Lists (RL) fungicide programme is commercially relevant.

9 December 2024

Specific recommendations support innovation in the Recommended Lists (RL)

An overview of Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) tolerance and resistance in cereal varieties.

6 December 2024

Lessons from Strategic Cereal Farm East (harvest 2024)

Harvest 2024 marked the end of the first year of our Strategic Cereal Farm in Norfolk.

27 November 2024

Oilseeds growers and cereal pathologists can apply to join the RL team

The annual call for people to join AHDB's influential Recommended Lists (RL) crop committees.

15 January 2025

Hunt continues for oilseeds grower to join the RL team

The annual call for people to join AHDB's influential Recommended Lists (RL) crop committees.

22 July 2025

Recommended Lists (RL) variety open days

Find out about major summer events that feature varieties on the AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) for cereals and oilseeds.