SY CHEER | Syngenta

Variety Overview

End-use group: Potential Breadmaking Variety

Key features: SY CHEER is a newly recommended Group 1 potential variety which looks set to be a game-changer for the UK milling market. It brings high and stable treated yield in combination with a step change in untreated yields. SY CHEER has excellent grain quality, in particular robust Hagberg Falling Number and high specific weight. Final UK FM Classification is expected in spring 2024.

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Key Performance Statistics

We've compared SY CHEER with Skyfall on the AHDB Candidate List 2023 and shared some key statistics we think you'll be interested in.

Agronomic features

	Resistance to lodging without PGR	Resistance to lodging with PGR	Straw length without PGR (cm)	Ripening (days +/- Skyfall)
SY CHEER	8	7	91	+1
Skyfall	8	7	87	0
KWS Zyatt	8	8	86	0
Crusoe	7	8	84	+1

Yield

	Untreated yield*	UK Treated Yield*	Eastern Yield*	Western Yield*	Northern Yield*
SY CHEER	84	97	97	98	[98]
Skyfall	66	96	96	96	95
KWS Zyatt	71	99	98	99	97
Crusoe	75	95	95	96	94

* % treated control

Grain quality

	Endosperm texture	Protein content (%) - milling spec	Hagberg Falling Number	Specific Weight (kg/hl)
SY CHEER	Hard	13.0	299	79.5
Skyfall	Hard	12.9	265	79.1
KWS Zyatt	Hard	12.5	248	78.3
Crusoe	Hard	13.2	265	78.3

Disease profile

	Mildew (1-9)	Yellow rust (1-9)	Brown rust (1-9)	Septoria tritici 3 year (1-9)	Eyespot (1-9)	OWBM Resistance
SY CHEER	[8]	7	6	6.0	4	-
Skyfall	6	3	9	5.8	6@	R
KWS Zyatt	7	3	7	6.3	6@	-
Crusoe	7	8	3	6.3	5	-

Source: AHDB Candidate List 2023

Breeding Insight

At Syngenta, our aim was to breed high quality bread making varieties which combine grain quality and competitive yields along with much needed increase in disease resistance. SY CHEER really ticks all the boxes with very good disease resistance, robust grain quality and has now been fully Recommended. We look forward to seeing it progress in future years.

Matt Bull