FALSTAFF is a marrowfat pea with a high yield potential and a good combination of agronomic characters for its type.

Technical & Marketing Guide

Falstaff has good canning properties and has the potential to attract a premium in the human consumption market.

BREEDER: Toft Plant Breeding, Denmark
UK AGENT: Limagrain UK
STATUS: PGRO Recommended List

HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL
  FALSTAFF Kahuna
YIELD (% control) 83 78

Falstaff has a high yield potential, 5% above the popular marrowfat Kahuna. 

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
  FALSTAFF Kahuna
Earliness of ripening 5 5
Shortness of straw 6 6
Standing ability at harvest 5 5

Falstaff has moderately long straw with similar standing to Kahuna; a good combination of agronomic characters for its type.

DISEASE RESISTANCE
  FALSTAFF Kahuna

Resistance to:

 

 

Downy mildew

6

5

Pea wilt (race 1)* 

 R 

 R 
R = Resistant

Falstaff is moderately susceptible to downy mildew and may benefit from a broad spectrum fungicide seed dressing in some situations.

GRAIN QUALITY
  FALSTAFF Kahuna
Thousand Seed
Weight (g)		 307

307

Falstaff is a small-seeded marrowfat with the classic shape preferred by end-users. Falstaff has good canning properties and has the potential to attract a premium in the human consumption market.

 

 

 


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

A high figure (1-9 scales) indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree.

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