Calibre

Calibre (tested as RAC2721) is the first variety derived from Scepter to hit the market and is the next step for growers looking to achieve the gains they made by switching from Mace to Scepter. Calibre also offers a longer coleoptile than it's parent Scepter.

  • Characteristics
  • Elite grain yield
  • Derived from popular variety Scepter
  • Very widely adapted, suited to most growing regions of WA, SA, Vic & sNSW
  • Good sprouting tolerance, similar to Scepter, better than Vixen
  • Longer coleoptile than most commonly grown varieties
  • Improved powdery mildew resistance over Scepter
  • Quick-mid maturity, similar to Mace
  • AH quality classification

Sunchaser

Tested as SUN843E, Sunchaser may be viewed as a 'safer Suntop', offering a much lower risk of screenings, whilst retaining its very wide adaptation, yield and agronomic suitability for QLD and NSW.

  • Characteristics
  • A lower risk alternative to Suntop, Reliant and Spitfire
  • Excellent grain size, reduced levels of screenings
  • APH quality classification (QLD/NSW)
  • Suited to the main season planting window
  • Slightly faster maturity than Suntop and Reliant
  • Moderately long coleoptile

Sunmaster

Sunmaster (tested as SUN972P) has been released on the back of outstanding results in AGT yield trials, out-yielding it's parent Suntop by 6-9% across NSW and Queensland. Sunmaster shares many similarities with Suntop, with an APH quality classification, wide adaptation and mid season maturity. Sunmaster can be viewed as a genuine Suntop replacement.

  • Characteristics
  • Outstanding grain yield, 6-9% higher than Suntop
  • APH quality classification
  • Similar maturity & planting window as Suntop
  • Shorter plant type than Suntop, with good lodging tolerance
  • Good tolerance to crown rot and RLN (P. thornei)