Cooper Large Blue Pea
Cooper Large Blue Pea

Cooper is a large blue pea with a high yield potential, provisionally recommended on the 2007 NIAB/PGRO List. Agronomically, Cooper has moderately long straw with good standing ability but is rather susceptible to downy mildew. Cooper produces a large round pea with good colour retention making it suitable for the micronising market.

BREEDER: Limagrain Advanta Nederland b.v.
AGENT: Nickerson.
STATUS - NIAB/PGRO Recommended List 2007


CONSISTENT YIELD PERFORMANCE
COOPER Venture Nitouche
YIELD (% mean of untreated controls) 101 99 95

Cooper has a high yield potential, superior to both Nitouche and Venture.


EXCELLENT AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
COOPER Venture Nitouche
Earliness of Ripening 5 6 5
Shortness of Straw 5 5 4
Standing Ability at Harvest 7 6 7

Cooper has a good combination of agronomic characters being moderately tall with good standing power, making it easy to harvest.
DISEASE RESISTANCE
Resistance to: COOPER Venture Nitouche
Downy Mildew 5 8 7
Pea Wilt (race 1) R R S

Source: R = resistant; S = susceptible

Cooper has only moderate resistance to downy mildew and is likely to need a multi-purpose seed dressing in high risk situations, particularly if growing for a premium market. Cooper is resistant to pea wilt.

GOOD GRAIN QUALITY
COOPER Venture Nitouche
Thousand Seed Weight (gms) 290 258 297
Protein Content % 22.2 22.5 24.1

Cooper has a large grain size wth a high thousand seed weight. Samples are bold with good colour retention making them acceptable for number of premium markets including micronising.

All data is a partial extraction from the NIAB/PGRO 2007 Peas for Combining Recommended List available at www.niab.com or www.pgro.org

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