Victus is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans for 2023 where its low vicine and convicine content (LVC) are characters that will help to further develop the UK pulse market with end users.
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
Data Source: PGRO Descriptive List for Spring Beans 2023
Potential premiums on buy back contract for specialist animal feed use
Earliness of maturity
High resistance to Downy mildew
OUTPUT
Yield as % control 104
AGRONOMICS
Earliness of maturity 7
Straw length (cm) 104
Standing ability at harvest 8
SEED CHARACTERISTICS
Thousand seed weight (g) (@15%mc) 547
Protein content 27.8
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 and 5 year varieties (4.46 t/ha). Yield differences of less than 7.2% are not significantly different. Other DL varieties are shown for comparison.