SAMBADUR

This mid-early maturing high-quality durum wheat has dominated official yield trials in all regions for the past eight years and remains consistently the most widely grown winter durum variety in Austria and in many regions of Central and Eastern Europe. SAMBADUR is the preferred choice on higher-quality soils not only because of its excellent lodging resistance, but also under very intensive growing conditions. This dark-grained high-quality durum wheat is very similar in quality and agronomic characteristics to its predecessor, TEMPODUR; however, slightly more attention should be paid to SAMBADUR’s higher susceptibility to brown rust when managing the crop. A key advantage, however, is its significantly improved tolerance to powdery mildew. SAMBADUR’s good tolerance to wheat dwarf virus (WDV) is not insignificant for yield reliability in some years. All varieties show a similar level of infection when exposed to the aphid-transmitted barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV).