LG Illuminate

Yield consistency across regions and farm situations

  • UKFM: Group 3
  • Market Options: Biscuit, cake-making, UK distilling & UKS soft wheat for export
  • OWBM Resistance: Yes
  • Sowing Date: Early

LG Illuminate is a high yielding group 3, soft biscuit wheat, rated medium for distilling and has export potential. 

It has shown yield consistency across differing regions and farm situations.

This short strawed variety suits all soil types and early sowing. 

Yellow rust and Septoria will require monitoring in high disease pressure situations. 

It also has a resistance to Orange Wheat Blossom Midge.

LG Illuminate is most suitable for the Northern area. 

Strengths

  • Consistent high yield potential across regions & farm situations

  • Group 3 biscuit variety which also meets specification for distilling & UKs export markets

  • High yield potential in the early drilled situations (109%)

Technical Information

Yields (as % of controls)

LG ILLUMINATEKWS FireflyElicitRGT Wilkinson
United Kingdom10010098101
East10010098102
West1009997101
North1009999(100)
Untreated87808287

Agronomic & Quality Data

LG ILLUMINATE
Lodging Resistance (+PGR)7
Lodging Resistance (-PGR)7
Plant Height (-PGR)83
Days to Ripening (+/- Skyfall)+1
Tillering Capacity*8
Spring Plant Development* (1=v.erect, 9=prostrate)6.5
Suitability to Early Drill* (1=not suited)9
Suitability to Late Drill* (1=not suited)6
Suitability as 2nd Cereal* (1=not suited)7

Disease Resistance

LG ILLUMINATEKWS FireflyElicitRGT Wilkinson
Mildew5566.7
Yellow Rust7695
Brown Rust6565
Septoria tritici5.85.15.05.5
Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England

LG Illuminate

Yield consistency across regions and farm situations

LG Illuminate is a high yielding group 3, soft biscuit wheat, rated medium for distilling and has export potential. 

It has shown yield consistency across differing regions and farm situations.

This short strawed variety suits all soil types and early sowing. 

Yellow rust and Septoria will require monitoring in high disease pressure situations. 

It also has a resistance to Orange Wheat Blossom Midge.

LG Illuminate is most suitable for the Northern area. 

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Key Strengths

  • Consistent high yield potential across regions & farm situations

  • Group 3 biscuit variety which also meets specification for distilling & UKs export markets

  • High yield potential in the early drilled situations (109%)

Technical Information

Yields (as % of controls)

LG ILLUMINATEKWS FireflyElicitRGT Wilkinson
United Kingdom10010098101
East10010098102
West1009997101
North1009999(100)
Untreated87808287

Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2023/24. See AHDB website for full dataset.

Agronomic & Quality Data

LG ILLUMINATE
Lodging Resistance (+PGR)7
Lodging Resistance (-PGR)7
Plant Height (-PGR)83
Days to Ripening (+/- Skyfall)+1
Tillering Capacity*8
Spring Plant Development* (1=v.erect, 9=prostrate)6.5
Suitability to Early Drill* (1=not suited)9
Suitability to Late Drill* (1=not suited)6
Suitability as 2nd Cereal* (1=not suited)7

Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2023/24. See AHDB website for full dataset. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree. ( ) = limited data.

Disease Resistance

LG ILLUMINATEKWS FireflyElicitRGT Wilkinson
Mildew5566.7
Yellow Rust7695
Brown Rust6565
Septoria tritici5.85.15.05.5

Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2023/24. See AHDB website for full dataset. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree. ( ) = limited data.

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