KACTUS
High yielding green pea
Kactus is a high yielding leading green pea with
superb disease resistance.
It has very good standing ability and importantly excellent downy mildew resistance and is popular in the market.
| Annual Yields | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (5.06 t/ha) | 108 | ||||
| 2020 (2.99 t/ha) | 108 | ||||
| 2021 (4.28 t/ha) | 100 | ||||
| 2022 (3.70 t/ha) | 95 | ||||
| 2023 (3.08 t/ha) | 99 |
| Agronomics | |
|---|---|
| Earliness of maturity | 5 |
| Straw Length (cm) | 76 |
| Standing ability at harvest | 7 |
| Disease Resistance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pea wilt (Race 1) | R | ||
| Downy mildew (1-9) | 7 | ||
| Powdery mildew * | [S] |
| Seed Characters | |
|---|---|
| Thousand seed weight (g) | 289 |
| Protein content (%) | 21.9 |
Source: PGRO DL 2024
*powdery mildew - breeders information
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Great Abington,
Cambridge CB21 6AS
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