LG Catapult

✚ The highest yielding 2-row barley with BYDV tolerance

✚ An ideal choice for growers in high risk BYDV situations

Variety Positioning

• LG Catapult is the first 2-row feed variety with BYDV tolerance on the UK Recommended List.  

• It will be of significant interest to growers in high-risk areas as it has similar yields to LG Caravelle, the market leader, and to hybrids with the trait.  

• It has produced very high yields in both Agrii trials (107% treated, 87% untreated) and AHDB trials (104% treated, 90% untreated) with a reasonable specific weight but relatively high screening losses.

• LG Catapult is suitable for all regions and soil types with its best performance on heavier soils.  

• It produces relatively tall straw but responds well to growth regulators (92 cm untreated, 84 cm treated).  

• It shows only moderate stem stiffness (6 treated), and average brackling resistance (13%).  

• Official trials suggest that it has similar maturity to LG Caravelle but Agrii trials suggest that it is slightly later.  

  It has a good all-round disease package with rating for Rhynchosporium (RL 6, Agrii 6), net blotch (6), mildew (RL 6, Agrii 6) and brown rust (RL 7, Agrii 6).  

• The good disease scores are reflected in high untreated yields (RL 90%, Agrii 87%). It is also tolerant to barley mosaic virus (strain 1).

NOTE:
Numbers in bold – Agrii Advisory List data
Numbers in standard text – AHDB Recommended List data