Breeding of multi-resistant varieties to reduce yield loss due to disease damage and lodging, and reduction of input intensity are of high importance for a more sustainable cereal production. The aim of this study was to evaluate yield reduction caused by diseases and lodging and impact of input intensity and soil fertility in cereal variety trials grown under two intensities. The cereal varieties were cultivated with two intensities. Intensity 2 was treated with and intensity 1 without fungicides and growth regulators. The main cereal species winter wheat, winter triticale, winter rye, winter barley and spring barley were evaluated.

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