NICKERSON direct

BILBO is a well established white field pea with moderately long straw and good standing ability. It is fully recommended on the PGRO Recommended List for 2009.

Breeder’s Reference: LD 90003.2

Breeder: Lemaire Deffontaines

Agent: Nickerson

YIELD POTENTIAL (% Control)

BILBO	100
Nitouche	94
Ragtime	104

Bilbo has shown a yield potential of 6% above Nitouche.

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
	BILBO	Nitouche	Ragtime
Pea Type	White	Large Blue	White
Earliness of Ripening	5	5	6
Shortness of Straw	5	4	4
Standing Ability	7	7	8
Pea Wilt*	R	S	R
Downy Mildew Resistance	7	8	7
Thousand Seed Weight (g)	256	291	306
Protein content (% dry)	24.6	24.2	23.6

*R = resistant; S = susceptible

Bilbo has moderately long straw with good standing ability at harvest as well as good resistance to downy mildew.

All data is from the PGRO Recommended List of field peas, available at www.pgro.org

A high figure indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree.

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