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Leverage
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A replacement for EGA Gregory, Coolah and LRPB Flanker
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Very high yielding in the early planting window
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APH quality classification
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Good over-all rust resistance package
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Mid-slow maturity, suited to late April-early May plantings
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Good yellow leaf spot resistance
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Good physical grain quality characteristics
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Shorter plant type than other 'Gregory' type varieties
For full details download the Leverage fact sheet
Seed Availability
Please contact an AGT Affiliate or your local retailer for seed.
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Leverage can be traded between growers upon the completion of a License Agreement as part of AGT’s Seed Sharing™ initiative.
PBR and EPR
Leverage 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.
Leverage growers will be subject to a Grower License Agreement that acknowledges that an EPR of $4.00/tonne + GST must be paid on all production other than seed saved for planting.
Breeders comments
Leverage represents the next yield jump in a line of breeding that stretches back to EGA Gregory. In 2004, EGA Gregory was released as a high yielding, well adapted variety. While EGA Gregory quickly gained favour with farmers, wheat breeders were also finding great success with it as a parent. The result was that from 2015 to 2019, no less than seven varieties were released that had EGA Gregory in their parentage.
Leverage possesses a good dose of EGA Gregory genetics through its parent Coolah, and builds upon the yield potential of both. Across AGT and NVT trials, Leverage has been dominant in its yield performance, offering substantial yield gains over competitor varieties Coolah, EGA Gregory and LRPB Flanker.
Leverage has a rating of MRMS for stripe rust, which is a step up on varieties like Coolah and EGA Gregory, and at least equivalent to LRPB Flanker. Leverage is also rated MRMS to yellow leaf spot, which is not a common rating for varieties that are well adapted to NSW and Queensland.
With a combination of exceptionally high yield, APH quality classification, good physical grain quality characteristics, sound disease resistance and a mid-slow maturity suited to late April-early May planting, Leverage will be a terrific addition to farming enterprises.