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Agri obtentions has registered three new varieties :

INTEGRAL : an early Triticale with very high yield

GLADICE and DIVER : two winter Field beans. GLADICE is the first white flower winter Field Bean ever registered

Hydrangea x SEMIOLA ® 'Inovalaur' Bronze Medal at PLANTARIUM 2007 (Boskoop - Hollande).
This climbing Hydrangea comes from a crossing of H. seemannii and H. petiolaris. It has an evergreen foliage and covers with beautiful copper coloured young shoots in spring.
It is more frost resistant than H. seemannii.
Its height is of 2.50 m and more.
In May and June it shows large, quite flat groups of sterile and fertile white flowers.

Uses
It should be planted in cool, well drained soil. Avoid too much chalk.
SEMIOLA ® has a good frost resistance and is of permanent decoratif interest. You can train it along a wall - preferably in semi-shade - or also use it as a very good ground cover.

After more than 25 years of research, INRA scientists have bred three cultivars which are now being put on the market: Gardeline, Monteil and Ameline. These cultivars, selected varieties propagated using a vegetative method, differ from other cherries in terms of their vigour, straightness, geographical adaptability and disease resistance.
Ameline, Gardeline, Monteil: three high-performing cultivars
The timber produced with these cultivars will be very homogeneous, which is a clear advantage for their industrial use. Sawlog yields will thus be of greater financial value to producers.
The low density, strong juvenile growth and the economies achieved in terms of monitoring and protection against game, will lead to a lower planting costs per hectare than those pertaining to a traditional plantation.

within the context of the competitiveness centre for the Auvergne region. The aim of this project is to look at how natural genetic variability can be exploited using molecular markers.
More information available on: www.cerealesvallee.org