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New 2016 PGRO Recommended Lists for combining peas, winter beans and spring beans are announced


United Kingdom
November 30, 2015

GENERAL COMMENTS

PGRO RECOMMENDED LISTS 2016Stephen Belcher, PGRO Principal Technical Officer, gives the details for the new 2016 Recommended Lists: “I remember writing last year that Recommended Lists are about long-term averages. 2015 has been an excellent year for many (in all crops), but at a recent meeting in Yorkshire it was indicated that 2015 should be discarded, almost as a freak year, where everything came just right. RL’s for peas and beans are based on a rolling 5-year average and, of course, it is the rankings relative to standards or competitor varieties that is important.

“The spring and summer of 2015 can be described as relatively cool with frequent and adequate amounts of rainfall. This gave a longer than ‘normal’ growing season. But there were of course regional variations on this.”

COMMENTARY ON THE NEW PGRO RECOMMENDED LISTS …

COMBINING PEAS
Overall trial yields (5.67t/ha) were up on the 5 year (5.1t/ha) average.

Six trials went through to harvest, with yields ranging from 6.64t/ha in Cambridgeshire to 4.67t/ha in Yorkshire.

2016 Recommended Lists: Combining Peas

Kareni, a new white-seeded pea from Senova comes on to the RL with a P1 recommendation and has small yield advantage over the fully recommended varieties Salamanca, Gregor and Mascara. Campus (LS Plant Breeding) joins Prophet, Crackerjack and Daytona with a full recommendation in the large blue category. Yields from Campus are a little below the best, but has an excellent 8 rating for standing ability. New to the list with a P1 recommendation is Kingfisher (Limagrain UK). As with Campus, yields are a little below the best and also has good standing ability. Bluetooth continues from P1 to second year P2 recommendation. Maple peas Mantara and Rose continue with a full recommendation while Rainbow was removed from the RL by the breeder. As in 2014, the marrowfat group in general did not perform as well as previously. Sakura and Genki remain fully recommended while Neon was removed from the RL by the breeder. Bibao was also removed from RL consideration by the breeder. New to the RL with a P1 provisional recommendation is Aikido (LS Plant Breeding). Yields from Aikido are a little up on Sakura, but downy mildew is a little weaker.

WINTER BEANS
Winter beans grew vigorously and as in 2014 some brackled, where the stem snaps at some point above ground level. This occurred late in the growing season and yields did not appear to be affected. Generally winter beans yielded very well. 2015 trial yields (5.26t/ha) were higher than the 5 year (4.71t/ha) average.

2016 Recommended Lists: Winter Beans

Two winter beans Thor and Saracen were withdrawn from RL consideration by the breeder. In the pale hilum category Wizard and Honey remain as fully recommended varieties and are joined by Tundra, which gains a full recommendation. Tundra has a statistically higher yield than Wizard. New to the RL with P1 provisional recommendation is Bumble (Wherry & Sons). It is the top yielding winter bean and like Tundra has a statistically higher yield than Wizard. In the black hilum (feed bean) category, Clipper and Arthur remain fully recommended varieties, while Buzz was not recommended and was removed from the list.

SPRING BEANS
Spring beans yielded well again in 2015. Trial yields (6.28t/ha) were 19.2% higher than the 5 year average (5.1t/ha). This was helped by two very high yielding trials in Yorkshire.

2016 Recommended Lists: Spring Beans

Vertigo is now used alongside Fuego as a yield standard. Because of this the very high % yield increases have been tempered somewhat, but Vertigo still maintains a statistically higher yield advantage over Fuego. Fanfare, Boxer, Fury and Fuego remain fully recommended varieties. New variety Lynx (LS Plant Breeding), joins the RL with a P1 provisional recommendation. Lynx has a similar yield to Fanfare and marginally behind Vertigo. Importantly it has a 7 rating for downy mildew, the best of all the pale hilum beans. Pyramid and Babylon have been moved to the outclassed category. Tic bean Maris Bead also remains fully recommended.

PGRO RECOMMENDED LISTS 2016

The CAP greening measures have in part contributed to an increased area for peas and beans (in particular spring beans). With high yielding varieties that have now established themselves and the benefits that pulses can bring to the rotation we can again hope for an increased area and good yields and quality in 2016.

Full RL tables can be downloaded by clicking on the thumbnail to the left or following this link >>>



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Published: November 30, 2015

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