Cereals ref. 1196

Excalibur

The noble wheat!

  • SpeciesWheat
  • Sowing periodWinter
  • MaturityEarly
  • Cropping systemConventional
  • Varietal traitAwned
  • Quality
  • Wheat after maize
  • Wheat after wheat

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Important information

Bearded wheat

Foot diseases: PCH1 resistant

Bread wheat A

Description

Bearded variety. Excalibur offers first-class baking quality with excellent technological values. Fairly early active after winter, the variety ripens quickly making harvest reliable. The disease profile is strong, especially against brown rust, fusarium and septoria leaf blotch, and this is complemented with resistance to foot diseases PCH1.

Sowing info

  1. January
  2. February
  3. March
  4. April
  5. May
  6. June
  7. July
  8. August
  9. September
  10. October — Sowing possible
  11. November — Recommended period
  12. December — Recommended period
  • Mid-October 300 seeds/m² — Sowing possible
  • November to mid-December 400 seeds/m² — Recommended period

Recommended period Sowing possible

October (second half), November, December (first half)

Technical ratings

Agronomic characteristics

Alternativity 3
Stem elongation earliness 4
Heading earliness 6
Ripening earliness 7
Frost tolerance 6
Tillering capacity 6
Straw length 4
Lodging resistance 6
Chlortoluron 9
Mosaic virus 9

Technological values

Test weight 8/9
Protein content 9/9
Zeleny index 9/9
Hagberg 9/9
TKW 5/9

Disease tolerance

Powdery mildew 6,5/9
Yellow rust 7,5/9
Brown rust 8/9
Septoria 7,5/9
Fusarium head blight 7,5/9
Eyespot 6/9

1/9 = Very low 9/9 = Very high

Breeder : Secobra Recherches, France 2026