Fuego
Fuego

Fuego is an exceptionally high yielding spring bean with a pale skin and pale hilum suitable for the premium export market for human consumption. Agronomically Fuego is sound, combining very good standing power with early maturity and good downy mildew resistance. Fuego has excellent quality, producing grain with a high thousand grain weight and a bold grain preferred by the export market.

BREEDER: NPZ Lembke, Germany.
AGENT: Nickerson.
STATUS - NIAB/PGRO Recommended List 2007


VERY HIGH YIELDING
FUEGO Syncro Quattro
YIELD (% mean of untreated controls) 111 100 101

Fuego has a very high yield potential and is the highest yielding variety on the 2007 NIAB/PGRO Recommended List of spring beans..


REGIONAL TREATED YIELDS
NIAB REGION
FUEGO
 Syncro Quattro
Yield (% controls)
North
113
 105 105
East
113
 103 104
South
117
 104 106
West
111
 100 103

Source: NIAB 2006


Fuego has maintained its excellent yield potential in all regions of the UK, performing 6% above its UK mean in the South
EXCELLENT AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
FUEGO Syncro Quattro
Earliness of Ripening 7 7 7
Shortness of Straw 6 6 6
Standing Ability at Harvest 7 7 8

Fuego has a sound combination of agronomic characters being moderately tall with good standing power. It is also relatively early to ripen.

GOOD DISEASE RESISTANCE
FUEGO Syncro Quattro
Resistance to:
Downy Mildew 6 6 4

Fuego has good resistance to downy mildew and is unlikely to need afungicide treatment in most situations.

GRAIN QUALITY AND MARKETING
FUEGO Syncro Quattro
Thousand Seed
Weight (gms)		 516 496 497
Protein Content % 27.5 28.0 27.8

Fuego has a high thousand seed weight and produces a bold looking sample. Its pale skin and pale hilum make it potentially suitable for the premium export market, for samples that are free of staining and insect damage.

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