KWS TARDIS
KWS TARDIS is Ireland’s most widely grown winter barley variety
Key Features
Market Leader: Almost 30% share of Irish winter barley area for Harvest 2025.
High Yielding: Currently the highest-yielding non-BYDV tolerant 2-row on the Irish Recommended List.
Proven Consistency: Performs strongly as a first, second, or third cereal.
Excellent Vigour: Good establishment in autumn and strong spring regrowth.
Agronomic Profile
Plant height: 85 cm.
Resistance to lodging: 7 (very good).
Resistance to straw breakdown: 6.
Stiff straw with good resistance to lodging and brackling.
Robust against wet weather diseases – Net Blotch, Rhynchosporium, and Ramularia.
Grain Quality
Produces very large grain.
High specific weight with low screenings.
Very good overall grain quality.
| RELATIVE YIELD POTENTIAL | 2025 |
| 2026 DAFM RL (100 = 9.79 t/ha @ 15%mc) | 100 |
| 2025 DAFM RL (100 = 9.61 t/ha @ 15%mc) | 101 |
| AGRONOMIC FEATURES* | |
| Plant Height (cm) | 84.4 |
| Resistance to Lodging | 7 |
| Resistance to Straw Breakdown | 6 |
| Earliness of Maturity (1-9, 1 = V Late) | 6 |
| DISEASE RESISTANCE* | |
| Net Blotch | 7 |
| Rhynchosporium | 7 |
| Mildew | 6 |
| Brown Rust | 6 |
| GRAIN QUALITY* | |
| Hectolitre Weight (KPH) | 67.9 |
| Thousand Grain Weight (g) | 56.1 |
| Screenings % | 1.6 |
