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Summary:
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High
yielding, very early to mature spring bean for human consumption
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Breeder:
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Nickerson
UK |
Status:
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NIAB/PGRO
Recommended List |
Marketing:
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Human
Consumption buy backs, export and feed |
Yield: Ben has a very high yield
potential. Listed in 2005, Ben has consistently outperformed Quattro,
Syncro and Nile
Straw Characters:
Ben has excellent field characters with very early maturity and
stiff straw.
Straw
Characters |
Ben
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Syncro
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Hobbit
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Earliness
of ripening |
8
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7
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7
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Shortness
of straw |
7
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6
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8
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Standing
ability at harvest |
7
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7
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7
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Marketing: Frontier can offer several
marketing options and can find the best market demand/use for your
sample. For Human consumption and premium markets attention to harvesting
and the control of bruchid beetle will improve the crop value.
| Grain Specification
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Ben
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Syncro
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Hobbit
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| Thousand seed
weight (g) (@15% mc) |
489
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496
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566
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| Protein (dry)
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26.4
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28.0
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27.3
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| Human Consumption
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Seed Rate: Growers should aim
for a uniform population of approximately 40 plants per m².
Consider seed bed, seed quality and field losses. Spring beans generally
produce few tillers.
Agronomy: Ben has moderate disease
resistance, attention as with most spring beans will be required
regarding downy mildew. Ben is a significant improvement over Quattro
and Victor.
| Disease Resistance
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Ben
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Quattro
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Syncro
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| Downy mildew
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5
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4 |
6 |
Summary:
Very early maturity
High yielding variety
Ideal straw characters
Good disease resistance
Suitable for Human Consumption premium markets
Data Sources: Data is taken from pgro/niab and recommended
list data, a full data set can found at www.niab.com
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