A late spring wheat with high yield potential for food use and baking. Large grain size, high hectoliter weight and strong falling number characteristics — excellent performance for northern growing conditions when intensively managed.
Leidi is a late‑maturing spring wheat variety.
Leidi is a top‑yielding spring wheat. As a high‑yield‑potential variety, it is best suited for intensive cultivation in Zone I in Finland. Grain characteristics:
However, in Estonian official trials:
Applying supplementary nitrogen late in the season — even at the milk‑development stage — helps improve protein levels. Leidi’s falling number is among the best in its maturity class.
Leidi is suited for:
Its grain quality profile supports consistent milling performance.
Leidi is relatively short‑stemmed with good lodging resistance.
Leidi has good overall disease resistance:
As a late variety, Leidi is best suited to clay soils in Zone I in Finland. Not recommended for soils containing high organic matter content, where growth duration may extend too long. To fully utilise yield potential, fields must have:
Split nitrogen application at different growth stages is important. Leidi is recommended for southern Finland.
Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd Line number: BOR 09243 Leidi is not on the Finnish National List of Varieties. It has undergone official variety trials in Estonia.
Source: Official Variety Trials 2017–2024, px.luke.fi (M = control variety)
Official variety trials 2017 – 2024, px.luke.fi, (M) = Standard variety
Plant Breeder
Spring wheat, forage grasses
