DK Excentric confirms its particular verticillium strength

DK Excentric has shown itself to be one of the least verticillium susceptible of today’s varieties with disease levels well below the partially-resistant standard, Flamingo in this season’s authoritative ADAS trials under field conditions on a site with a recent history of verticillium problems (Figure). What is more, the latest hybrid has recorded an associated 2024 premature pod ripening percentage almost half the level of the same standard. Coupled with it’s Dekalb pod shatter resistance, this bodes particularly well for the least seed losses in the run up to and at harvesting.

The latest results confirm DK Excentric’s strong verticillium performance in last season’s ADAS trials where it out-yielded all the control varieties by at least 0.49t/ha and showed a superior thousand seed weight.

Add this to the variety’s double phoma, good light leaf spot and TuYV resistance – not to mention rapid autumn and spring development – and the reason for the notable performance consistency it has shown in two years of replicated NIAB and Scottish Agronomy trials in Dekalb’s resilience-focussed National Hybrid Proving Programme is not hard to see.

Figure: DK Excentric Performance in 2024 ADAS Verticillium Trials