Gleadell  

 

Ben

 

Summary:

High yielding, very early to mature spring bean for human consumption

Breeder:

Nickerson UK

Status:

NIAB/PGRO Recommended List

Marketing:

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

Very High Yield

Straw Characters:    Ben has excellent field characters with very early maturity and stiff straw.

Straw Characters

Ben

Syncro

Hobbit

Earliness of ripening

8

7

7

Shortness of straw

7

6

8

Standing ability at harvest

7

7

7

 

Ben is very early

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 Ben Syncro Hobbit
Thousand seed weight (g) (@15% mc) 489 496 566
Protein (dry) 26.4 28.0 27.3
Human Consumption Yes Yes No

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 Ben Quattro Syncro
Downy mildew 5 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