DSV Diamond
Profile
Is a new ultra-clean, early ripening, bread-making variety with excellent untreated yields and baking qualities.
DSV Diamond joined the Candidate List last November and it is DSV’s newest baking variety.
It combines a rare combination of Pch1 eyespot resistance and Sm1 for orange blossom midge resistance, making it a top choice for growers.
Diamond offers similar yields to the control Extase, it also produces some of the highest untreated yields in the dataset. Diamond has a high specific weight at 78.4kg/hl
It shows some of the highest combined disease scores seen to date in a bread maker with major improvements in mildew and brown rust scores compared to other varieties on offer.
Diamond has very good grain quality with a very stable Hagberg Falling number and excellent protein content. It is a stiff strawed variety with a very aggressive growth habit, especially in the spring.
After analysing data from DSV’s second wheat sites and assessing Diamond’s performance, our breeder feels that Diamond would perform very well in a second cereal situation, backed up by its decent eyespot score and Pch1 for tolerance.
Diamond has a flexible drilling window offering growers the ability to plant this variety across a range of sowing dates.
New on the 2024/25 Candidate list- Rare combination of Pch1 eyespot resistance and Sm1 for orange blossom midge resistance
- Some of the highest combined disease scores seen to date in a bread maker
Yield information
| Treated yield United Kingdom (%) | 100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Treated yield East region (%) | 99 | |
| Treated yield West region (%) | 101 | |
| Treated yield North region (%) | 100 | |
| Untreated Yield (% of Treated Controls) | 105 | |
| Protein (%) | 11.6 | |
| Hagberg Falling Number (seconds) | 275 | |
| Specific Weight (kg/hl) | 78.4 | |
| Ripening (days +/- Skyfall) | -1 | |
| Septoria Tritici | 7 | |
Agronomics Features
| Yellow rust |
9
|
very strong |
|---|---|---|
| Brown rust |
7
|
strong |
| Mildew |
8
|
strong to very strong |
Orange Wheat Blossom Midge = R | Data Source: AHDB Candidate List 2024/25
About the author
Harlow Agricultural Merchants
Harlow Agricultural Merchants Ltd, or HAM as we are known to our friends is one of the leading independent, arable merchants in the region. HAM is focused on giving the best possible advice and service in the four key areas of Agro-chemicals, Fertiliser, Grain and Seed.