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Parentage: (Riband ‘sib’ x Fresco) x Riband
Key Benefits
- Very good, reliable biscuit wheat with consistent yield
- Proven performance over many years and in difficult harvests
- Reliable on farm - allows for flexible rotational position
Consort is a good quality biscuit wheat which has a specific recommendation for the North.
Agronomy
With its stiff straw, Consort is easy to grow and can exploit high yielding situations for maximum output.
It is a slow developing variety, which can be sown in the early drill slot through to late January.
Resistance is generally good for Consort but crops should be monitored for Septoria tritici and brown rust. Consort shows continued resistance to both Brigadier and Equinox strains of yellow rust and has good resistance to Fusarium ear blight.
Consort tolerates take-all infections well, making it the ideal choice for early drilling after set-aside, or as 2nd biscuit wheat where take-all can be a problem.
 | Consort | Robigus | Claire |
| Mildew | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Yellow Rust | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Brown Rust | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Septoria tritici | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Eyespot | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Fusarium ear blight | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Quality
Consort is a soft endosperm variety which is widely grown for biscuits, cakes and breakfast cereal.
"Still popular wtih millers for its dough extensibility" NABIM Wheat Guide 2008
| Consort | Robigus | Claire |
| Resistance to Lodging (-PGR) | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Resistance to Lodging (+PGR) | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Ripening +/- Claire | +3 | +1 | 0 |
| Resistance to sprouting | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Specific Weight | 76.8 | 76.5 | 76.3 |
Consort has high spirit yield making it an ideal choice for distilling in Scotland.
Data a partial abstraction from HGCA Recommended List Winter Wheat 2008/9.
The full database can be consulted at www.hgca.com
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