KWS Horizon

KWS Horizon is a hard milling wheat, with good breadmaking quality, HFN and outstanding specific weight. Yielding about 1% above Einstein and Cordiale, it has especially high yields in the North. It has reasonably short and stiff straw, with a range of disease resistance scores excellent for eyespot, but only average for brown rust. This can be combated with the correct fungicide programme.

 

Agronomics

Data source: NL1 and NL2 trials 2010, winter wheat NL 4yr report

	Lodging % (untreated)	Lodging % (treated)	Height (cm)	Ripeness (days +/-)
KWS Horizon	8	7	86	-1
Solstice	8	9	97	0
Einstein	6	7	89	0
Alchemy	7	8	95	2

Grain Quality

Data source: NL1 and NL2 trials 2010, winter wheat NL 4yr report

	NABIM Group	Endosperm texture	HFN	Specific weight	Protein (%)
KWS Horizon	2	Hard	263	80.9	12.2
Solstice	1	Hard	266	78.0	12.1
Einstein	2	Hard	265	77.6	12.1
Alchemy	4	Soft	242	77.5	11.4

Disease Resistance (1-9)

Data source: NL1 and NL2 trials 2010, winter wheat NL 4yr report

	Mildew	Yellow rust	Brown rust	Septoria tritici	Septoria nodorum	Eyespot
KWS Horizon	7.0	6.0	4.0	6.0	[6]	6.0
Solstice	4.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Einstein	6.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	6.0	6.0
Alchemy	7.0	9.0	4.0	7.0	7.0	7.0