Bilbo
Bilbo

Bilbo is a white field pea with a very high yield potential and an excellent combination of agronomic characters.  Bilbo has good grain quality and is suitable for animal feed use as well as the added value markets for split peas. It is fully recommended on the NIAB/PGRO Recommended List for 2007.


YIELD POTENTIAL
Untreated
BILBO 106
Goblin 102
Cooper 101
Nitouche 95

Source: PGRO/NIAB Recommended List 2007.

In Official trials Bilbo has shown an excellent yield potential, 4% above Goblin and 11% above the control variety Nitouche.

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
BILBO Goblin Cooper Nitouche
Pea Type White White Large Blue Large Blue
Earliness of ripening (1-9) 5 6 5 5
Shortness of Straw (1-9) 5 6 5 4
Standing ability
(1-9) 		7 6 7 7
Pea Wilt R R R S
Downey mildew resistance 6 7 5 7
Thousand seed weight (gms) 261 269 290 297
Source: PGRO/NIAB Recommended List 2007. Bilbo has moderately tall straw with an excellent standing ability (7)

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