• High yield potential and good agronomic characters
• Performs especially well in West
• Very good lodging resistance, PGR treated
• BaYMV Resistant
• Good disease resistance
• Good bold grain
• Good straw yields

California has a good disease resistance package with nothing rated below a‘5’. Resistance to Rhynchosporium; an important disease in the wetter regions of the UK, is much better than KWS Cassia.

California is also resistant to the commonly occurring strains of Barley mosaic virus. California has good grain quality producing a bold sample with lower screenings than most feed winter barleys.

California meets the requirements for a feed winter barley with its combination of high grain yield, good all-round disease resistance and good grain quality. It is straightforward to manage and should appeal to feed barley growers in all parts of the UK.