Our Varieties
Denison
Wheat
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Unique 'slow-very slow' spring maturity
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Best suited to mid to late April sowings in most regions
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Highly competitive yield when sown early
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Wide adaptation
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APW quality classification
For full details download the Denison fact sheet
Seed Availability
Commercial quantities of Denison may be available through AGT Affiliates, or your local retailer.
Denison is able to be traded between growers upon the completion of a License Agreement as part of AGT’s Seed Sharing™ initiative.
PBR and EPR
Denison is protected by Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) and all production (except seed saved for planting) is liable to an End Point Royalty (EPR), which funds future plant breeding.
Denison growers will be subject to a Growers License Agreement that acknowledges that an EPR of $3.4/tonne + GST has to be paid on all production other than seed saved for planting.
Breeders comments
We have had great success working with a germplasm pool that heavily features the famous variety Wyalkatchem, delivering Mace, and then Scepter to growers. Through the success of these landmark varieties, we have been able to increase our investment into breeding, with the intention to round out our portfolio of varieties to provide an offering for all unique wheat growing regions and use patterns in Australia.
Denison (tested as WAGT734) has emerged out of a Mace cross, and caught our attention with its very unique maturity relative to other commonly grown varieties. Up until now, there has been a gap in suitable wheat varieties for the sowing opportunity between early April (winter wheats) and late April/early May (mid-slow spring wheats) in most regions of SA and Victoria.
Denison is a slow-very slow spring wheat, a maturity that is very uncommon, but fits the sowing window of mid to late April that traditionally has been uncatered for. Although the mid to late April planting opportunity may only account for a small percentage of the total sowing program, we are very proud to offer a well adapted and suitable variety for this purpose.
Denison also offers good physical grain quality and has an APW quality classification in SA/Victoria.