PEDIGREE Selection from the Synthetic Population BREEDER CEBECO STATUS NIAB/PGRO Recommended 2003

Nile offers all the best attributes of Victor with improved yield
and downy mildew resistance

YIELD
After an exceptional year in 2003 NIAB/PGRO Recommended Trials, Nile now yields at 101% of
controls (Victor, Quattro, Meli & Compass), compared to Compass at 99% and Victor at 95%.

THE MARKET
A large seeded, pale skinned variety that is suitable for the premium export market. For the past
three years, Nile has been a finalist in the Maviga Cup (BEPA Human Consumption Bean
Competition), and has been runner-up to Victor. Human consumption buyers confirm Nile’s
quality for export, and say its taste is better than Victor.

CHARACTERISTICS

Flower colour Coloured
Standing power 8 Very good, the stiffest variety in NIAB trials
Shortness of straw 6 Medium
Earliness of ripening 8 Similar to Victor
Resistance to
Downy mildew 6 Better than Victor & Quattro
Thousand seed weight at 15% mc 512 Slightly larger than Victor, similar to Quattro
Protein at 15% mc 32.1 Compared to Victor at 31.3
Protein at 0% mc 27.9 Compared to Victor at 27.2

PREFERRED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
EXCELLENT STANDING POWER
BETTER DOWNY MILDEW RESISTANCE THAN VICTOR

All information is a partial extraction from the Nickersons website and also the HGCA Recommended List 2007/8. See http://www.nickersonuk.com/ and also www.hgca.com for the full dataset