LG Astronomer is a high yielding soft milling wheat, with excellent grain quality and one of the best disease resistance packages on the RL.
It is rated 8 for both yellow and brown rust, and has a 6.8 score for Septoria tritici.
LG Astronomer has a very high specific weight and meets specification for the distilling market.
Technical information for LG Astronomer:
| LG Astronomer | KWS Firefly | KWS Barrel | Elicit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 100 | 100 | 99 | 98 |
| East region | 100 | 101 | 99 | 98 |
| West region | 99 | 100 | 99 | 98 |
| North region | 97 | 99 | 102 | 99 |
| Untreated | 86 | 79 | 73 | 78 |
Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2022/23. See https://ahdb.org.uk/rl for full dataset.
| LG Astronomer | KWS Firefly | KWS Barrel | Elicit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodging - without PGR | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Lodging - with PGR | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Height - without PGR (cm) | 88 | 83 | 84 | 86 |
| Ripening (days +/- Skyfall) | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| Sprouting | (7) | (6) | 6 | 5 |
| Protein Content % | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
| Hagberg Falling Number (Secs) | 232 | 240 | 240 | 208 |
| Specific Weight (kg/hl) | 77.4 | 75.3 | 76.9 | 76.4 |
Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2022/23. See https://ahdb.org.uk/rl for full dataset. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree. ( ) = limited data.
| LG Astronomer | KWS Firefly | KWS Barrel | Elicit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mildew | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Yellow Rust | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Brown Rust | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Septoria tritici | 6.8 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| Eyespot | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Fusarium | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| OWBM | R | R | R | R |
Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2022/23. See https://ahdb.org.uk/rl for full dataset. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree.
