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GENIUS

SPRING BEAN

Genius is at the top of the PGRO Descriptive List for 2024. It has the highest seed yield and offers growers a large sized bean plus excellent agronomic characters including high standing ability at harvest and good resistance to Downy mildew.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

Data Source: PGRO Descriptive List for Spring Beans 2024

  • Highest seed yield on the PGRO spring bean DL
  • Good resistance to Downy mildew
  • High standing ability at harvest

OUTPUT

  • Yield as % control 108

AGRONOMICS

  • Earliness of maturity 6
  • Straw length (cm) 105
  • Standing ability at harvest 8

SEED CHARACTERISTICS

  • Thousand seed weight (g) (@15%mc) 559
  • Protein content 26.8

DISEASE

  • Resistance to Rust4
  • Resistance to Downy mildew 5

Ratings above are 1-9. A high rating indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree

YIELD PERFORMANCE

The control for yield is the mean of 4 & 5 year varieties (4.27 t/ha). Yield differences of less than 7.5% are not statistically different. Other DL varieties are shown for comparison.

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