Running the Recommended Lists
Understanding variety selection
Follow the links to find out more about variety selection:
Understanding the Recommended List – a short summary article explaining the basics of variety selection works:
The Crop Committee Handbook is used to guide the decision making process, it contains in depth information about how variety decisions are made.
Understanding RL disease ratings – explains how RL disease ratings are calculated.
Trial protocols
Trial protocols detail how crops in RL trials are managed and are valid for trials from 2012 – 2016
Cereals:
- HGCA Cereal trials
- BYDV assessment plots
- Early-sown cereal trials
- Growth and development plots
- Grain distilling plots
- Seed handling treatment and distribution
- Shedding or ear loss assessment plots
- Sprouting assessment wheat plots
- Sterility assessment in winter wheat
- Trial inspection and validation
- Vernalisation assessment plots
- Winter wheat milling sample production
- Appendix 1 to cereal trials protocol 2014 – fungicides
- Appendix 2 to cereal trials protocol 2014 – PGR
Oilseeds: