Aspire is the only recommended conventional variety with crucial TuYV resistance. Aspire is a short robust plant type with very good straw characteristics. A solid disease and TuYV resistance means Aspire fits the early drilling option perfectly with its slower speed of development.
Aspire
Anything but conventional

- Type: Conventional
- Status: Recommended UK
- Clearfield®: No
- Resistance Traits: TuYV (Turnip Yellows Virus)
Strengths
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Consistent performance across all regions of the UK
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Robust and resilient plant type
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Ideally suited to early drilling
Technical Information
Key Strengths
Gross Output- UK | 98 | 99 | 101 | 101 |
Gross Output - E/W | 98 | 98 | 101 | 101 |
Gross Output - North | 99 | 102 | 101 | 101 |
Lodging Resistance | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Stem Stiffness | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Plant Height (cm) | 136 | 138 | 141 | 143 |
Earliness of Flowering | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Earliness of Maturity | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Pod Shatter Resistance | - | - | - | - |
Oil Content (@9% moisture) | 45.2 | 44.8 | 45 | 45 |

Aspire is the only recommended conventional variety with crucial TuYV resistance. Aspire is a short robust plant type with very good straw characteristics. A solid disease and TuYV resistance means Aspire fits the early drilling option perfectly with its slower speed of development.

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Technical information
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Consistent performance across all regions of the UK
-
Robust and resilient plant type
-
Ideally suited to early drilling
Technical Information
Key Strengths
Gross Output- UK | 98 | 99 | 101 | 101 |
Gross Output - E/W | 98 | 98 | 101 | 101 |
Gross Output - North | 99 | 102 | 101 | 101 |
Lodging Resistance | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Stem Stiffness | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Plant Height (cm) | 136 | 138 | 141 | 143 |
Earliness of Flowering | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Earliness of Maturity | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Pod Shatter Resistance | - | - | - | - |
Oil Content (@9% moisture) | 45.2 | 44.8 | 45 | 45 |
Data from the AHDB Oilseed Rape Recommended List 2023/24. On the 1-9 scales, high figures
indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree (e.g. high resistance). [ ] = limited data.
Agronomic features marked with * are breeders perspective.
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