{Tool} Organic wheat variety testing by a network of farmers (Liveseed practice abstract). Creator(s): Costanzo, Ambrogio. Issuing Organisation(s): ORC - Organic Research Centre. Liveseed Practice Abstract, no. 50. (2020)
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Practical recommendations
• A control cultivar is included in all farms. Each farm replicates one cultivar in two strips.
• The experiment follows an incomplete block design and can be statistically analysed through mixed-effect models.
• Besides farmers, results can inform seed producers about varieties to multiply organically and breeders about traits relevant to low-input farming.
• Documentation of the cropping systems in use,sheds light on their impact on crop and cultivar performance.
• Data from the farm network can have important secondary uses for crop modellingand monitoring.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
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| What problem does the tool address?: | In the absence of formal organic variety testing mechanisms, British organic farmers struggle to reliably predict the best performing cereal cultivar to grow on their farm. This jeopardises organic arable production in terms of yield, quality and reliability, with a shrinking acreage and a shortage of UK-grown organic cereals, especially wheat. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | A network of British organic wheat growers has been testing winter wheat cultivars at a field-scale since 2017. Each farmer is allocated a subset of cultivars to grow as strips in their commercial winter wheat field. Yield from each strip is measured and grain samples are tested for grain quality. At wheat anthesis, crop and weed cover, crop height, disease severity, and ear density are assessed by researchers. A plot trial including additional cultivars supports the network with more precise information on diseases and with highlights about new cultivars to test at a field scale. |
| Country: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Practice abstracts |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English plant breeding http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5956 |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Breeding, genetics and propagation |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > Horizon 2020 > Liveseed European Union > Horizon 2020 > Liveseed > Liveseed tools Hungary > Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture UK > Organic Research Centre (ORC) European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 727230 |
| Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/39904 |
| Project ID: | ofk |
| Deposited By: | Ortolani, Dr. Livia |
| ID Code: | 39904 |
| Deposited On: | 12 Jul 2021 13:09 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2024 10:31 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
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