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BUTTERFLY

GREEN PEA

Butterfly is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Combining Peas for 2024. It is a high yielding green variety, combined with earliest equal maturity, high standing power and is resistant to Pea wilt.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

Data Source: PGRO Descriptive List for Combining Peas 2024

  • Very high green pea seed yield on the PGRO DL
  • Earliest equal maturity on PGRO DL
  • High standing ability at harvest

OUTPUT

  • Yield as % control 106

AGRONOMICS

  • Earliness of maturity 7
  • Straw length (cm) 80
  • Standing ability at harvest 7

SEED CHARACTERISTICS

  • Thousand seed weight (g) (@15%mc) 291
  • Protein content 21.3

DISEASE

  • Resistance to Pea wilt R
  • Resistance to Downy mildew 6

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 (3.81 t/ha). Yield differences of less than 11.4% are not statistically different. Other DL varieties are shown for comparison.

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