Flexibility
Outstanding grain yield
Excellent forage production
True dual purpose flexibility and agronomic confidence.
WCI Widdicombe is a strong spring triticale, with reduced awn, offering true dual-purpose flexibility for both grain and forage markets. This variety brings top-end yield performance, with grain yields exceeding Pronghorn and Brevis, and excellent forage value - 108% of Bunker in dry matter yield, with improved digestibility. Its excellent standability, larger kernels, and higher test weight make it a reliable option in the field, while its strong disease resistance package - including rusts, common bunt, and reduced ergot - adds agronomic confidence.
- Test weight is higher than all triticale checks.
- Kernel size is larger than all checks.
- Lodging resistant, shorter than Pronghorn but taller than Brevis.
- High resistance to ergot, better than all checks.
- Moderate resistance to FHB.
| Maturity: | Equal to Pronghorn |
| Height: | -10cm vs Pronghorn |
| Lodging Resistance: | Very Good (1.1) |
| FHB Rating: | I |
| Stem Rust Rating: | R |
| Leaf Rust Rating: | R |
| Ergot Rating: | 0.15 |
| Bunt Rating: | R |
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Clifford John “Jack” Widdicombe
Jack was born in Foxwarren, MB. Two years after enrolling in an ag degree at UofM he enlisted in the infantry. After a short while he decided that wasn’t for him and transferred to the Air Force, eventually becoming a member of #419 “Moose” squadron of Bomber Command and piloting Lancaster bombers over Germany until peace was declared in 1945.
