• Sequel remains the most popular six-row winter barley in terms of certified seed production weights, taking around 9% of the total for winter barley in 2007.
• Produces specific weights similar to two-row varieties.
• Long straw but is moderately stiff.
• Early maturing.
• Good resistance to Rhynchosporium  and moderately resistant to net blotch.
• Resistant to the common strains of barley mosaic viruses (BaYMV strain 1 and BaMMV).
• Breeder/ UK Agent: New Farm Crops (Syngenta Seeds Ltd) (www.newfarmcrops.co.uk ).

Page updated November 2007.