KWS SERAFINO
Fire up your rye yields and grain quality!
- High ergot resistance
- High drought tolerance
- Stiff strawed
Characteristics
About
KWS Serafino is one of the older varieties on the AHDB Descriptive List, it still performs very well on farm, giving growers reassurance of a solid yield along with excellent grain quality.
Characteristics in numbers
Variety Type | Hybrid 100% F1 |
Use/End Market | AD, Grain (feed/flour),Distilling |
Seed Rate |
Sept 200–220/m² Oct 250 + m² |
Drilling Depth | 2–3 cm |
Unit/Pack Size | 12 Mio. Seed Unit |
Grain yield | 99 |
Drought tolerance | Very High |
Harvest index (grains/ear) | Very high |
Lodging* | [5] |
Straw strength (cm) | 134 |
Brown Rust | 6 |
Hagberg | 223 |
Protein (%) | 8.7 |
Specific weight (kg/hl) | 76.5 |
Data sources: AHDB Recommended List Winter Rye 2025/26