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: PGRO Recommended List

VERY HIGH YIELDING
 FUEGOBetty

Ben 

YIELD (% control)10598

 96

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

 

EXCELLENT AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
 FUEGOBetty Ben
Earliness of Ripening77 8
Shortness of Straw66 7
Standing Ability at Harvest76 7

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
 FUEGOBettyBen 
Resistance to:   
Downy Mildew (1-9)674 

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

GRAIN QUALITY & MARKETING
 FUEGOBettyBen 
Thousand Seed
Weight (g)
546500 513
Protein Content %27.728.8 26.6

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


All information is from the PGRO Recommended List of spring beans available at www.pgro.org

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

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