The 2023 PGRO Descriptive Lists for combining peas show that LSPB varieties continue to offer pulse growers a wide choice to meet their yield, agronomy and marketing priorities.
Carrington is the top yielding pea on the PGRO DL and joins newly-added Butterfly, Stroma, Bluetime green peas, Orchestra yellow pea and top-yielding Akooma and newly-added Takayama marrowfats.
Looking to the future, we have a range of promising Candidates for the DL in the pipeline - including combining pea varieties to do our part in developing the UK pulse crop in the future.
Data Source: PGRO Descriptive List for Combining Peas 2023
Variety Name | Yield as % Control | Earliness of Maturity | Straw Length (cm) | Standing Ability at Harvest | Thousand Seed Weight (g) (@15%mc) | Protein Content | Resistance to Pea Wilt | Resistance to Downy Mildew | |
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Yellow Peas | Orchestra | 111 | 6 | 80 | 7 | 315 | 22.1 | R | 4 |
Green Peas | Carrington | 115 | 5 | 86 | 7 | 244 | 21.4 | R | 8 |
Butterfly | 109 | 7 | 83 | 7 | 293 | 21.1 | R | 6 | |
Bluetime | 107 | 3 | 90 | 6 | 284 | 21.8 | R | 8 | |
Stroma | 107 | 6 | 81 | 7 | 319 | 21.6 | R | 5 | |
Campus | 102 | 5 | 80 | 8 | 293 | 21.1 | R | 5 | |
Marrowfat Peas | Akooma | 95 | 4 | 81 | 5 | 406 | 22.8 | R | 5 |
Takayama | 96 | 4 | 87 | 6 | 350 | 21.5 | R | 6 |
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Bluetime is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Combining Peas for 2023. It is a very high yielding green variety, combined with a high Downy mildew resistance and good standing power and also resistant to Pea wilt.
Orchestra is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Combining Peas for 2023. It is a high yielding, yellow variety with high standing power and is resistant to Pea wilt.
Stroma is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Combining Peas for 2023. It is a very high yielding, green variety combined with earliness of maturity and good standing power and
also resistant to Pea wilt.
Carrington is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Combining Peas for 2023. It is the highest yielding, green variety combined with a high Downy mildew resistance, good standing power and is resistant to Pea wilt.
Akooma is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Combining Peas for 2023. It is a very high yielding marrowfat variety with good downy mildew resistance and is also resistant to Pea wilt.
Butterfly is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Combining Peas for 2023. It is a very high yielding, green variety combined with earliest maturity, high standing power and is resistant to Pea wilt.
Takayama is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Combining Peas for 2023. It is the highest yielding marrowfat variety with good downy mildew resistance and is also resistant to Pea wilt.
Campus is a high yielding, green variety combined with very high standing power, early maturity and is resistant to Pea wilt.