• Riband is a specific recommendation for the North where it is still highly regarded for distilling.

• Its yield potential is significantly below the best nabim Group 3 varieties and it has the lowest untreated yield on the List.

• nabim report that it is suited to soft flour grists.

• Low specific weight.

• A slow developing variety.

• Very susceptible to brown rust and Septoria tritici. Susceptible to Septoria nodorum. This poor disease resistance spectrum requires a robust fungicide treatment.

• No longer grown in RL trials.

• Breeder/ UK Agent: RAGT Seeds Ltd (www.ragt.co.uk ).

Page updated January 2008.