In its 6th year of commercial availability Sartorial continues to offer growers reliability and consistency.
Rapid establishment is its hallmark, best grown as part of a hard feed wheat wheat variety mix which all sensible feed wheat growers employ to reduce risk.
One of the key benefits of Sartorial is its ability for quick establishment - the main reason why we see its prime drilling window as early October rather than September.
Excellent establishment capability backed by Agrovista in-house trials has made Sartorial a popular variety with Agrovista growers
High specific weight, decent Septoria tritici and OWBM resistance builds the package this variety offers
Santiago parentage plus higher spec weight boosts light land performance while rapid, competitive early season development offers later drilling benefits with challenging seedbeds
"Bracket values give guidance on comparative agronomic values based on commercial observations and Agrovista trial performance."
Wheat Varieties - AgX
Genetic diversity is the key in today's wheat growing environment with so many varieties carrying similar gene resistance and continued blocking of land to maximise spraying area covered in shortest time.
21st century farming in the UK now sees weather patterns shifting to prolong periods of deluge followed by drought, rather than the maritime weather we have enjoyed in the past.
Consequently, when a weather pattern favours one disease over another, pressure tends to be high, and protection of the crop is a race against time.
Sartorial offers growers a diverse pedigree of parents which exist in only two other varieties, neither commercially grown on a large scale today - Santiago (also found in RGT Bairstow and LG Skyscraper) while Cachel and KWS Bonham are not found anywhere in the current Recommended List of varieties.
Parentage which is rarely shared with other existing varieties reduces the risk of a sizeable shift in disease resistance over a short period.
This illustrated in Sartorial's resistance score of yellow rust. Santiago's resistance score increased as the variety neared the end of its commercial presence in the market, while the majority tend to worsen as pressure builds reflective of increased market share. Sartorial's resistance has overall remained static.
Disease resistance
"I don't think I have ever see any yellow rust on Sartorial that has worried me" reported David Blance, National Trials Manager, Agrovista.
Sartorial has always carried a small level of yellow rust as a seedling, but at adult growth stage has never amounted to anything significant. Situations do of course change, and it is important to remain vigilant.
Sartorial has moderate resistance to brown rust and septoria, which would be rated at a 5 and 6 respectively.
Early vigour
Sartorial is recognised throughout the Agrovista agronomy team for its rapid establishment and stron autumn vigour. Repeatedly across varying soil types and drilling situations it can build leaf cover rapidly relative to other higher-profile varieties, including hybrids.
