Rocket

Rocket is a white field pea with a very high yield potential and a good combination of agronomic characters, including excellent standing ability and good downy mildew resistance.


Breeder’s code: A 0004.3
Breeder: Toft Plant Breeding, Denmark
UK Agent: Nickerson
Official trial status: Recommended List 2007


YIELD POTENTIAL
Untreated Trials
ROCKET 104
Bilbo 106
Nitouche 95
Cooper 101

Source: PGRO/NIAB Recommended List 2007.


AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
ROCKET Bilbo Nitouche Cooper
Pea type White White Large Blue Large Blue
Earliness of ripening (1 - 9) 6 5 5 5
Shortness of straw (1 - 9 3 5 4 5
Standing ability (1 - 9) 8 7 7 7
RESISTANCE TO:
ROCKETI Bilbo Nitouche Cooper
Pea wilt R R S R
Downy mildew 7 6 7 5
Thousand seed weight (gms) 264 261 297 290
Source: PGRO/NIAB Recommended List 2007
Rocket is a tall strawed variety with good standing ability (8), superior to Bilbo and Nitouche.
Ripening is comparable with the other Recommended white peas.
Rocket has good resistance to downy mildew and is relatively small seeded.

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