Field bean
APOLLO
For feed use and human nutrition
Benefits:
- Uniform seed size (500-600 g TGW)
- Quick growth with early flowering and seed maturity
- Stiffness and uniform maturity allow for an easy harvest
- Good suitability for feed use
- High seed yields with good protein content
Variety characteristics:
(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)
| Vicin/Convicin content: | Average |
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| Content of tannin: | 1 |
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| Grain yield: | 6 |
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| Protein yield: | 8 |
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| Protein content: | 4 |
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| Thousand grain weight: | 7 |
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| Start flowering: | 4 |
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| Maturity: | 5 |
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| Plant height: | 6 |
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| Stiffness: | 8 |
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Usage:
- Grain use
- Nitrogen fixation
- Suitable for human and animal nutrition
Cultivation recommendations:
| Recommended sowing rate | 40 - 50 grains/m² |
| Sowing depth | 6 - 8 cm on heavy soils, 8 - 10 cm on light soils |
| Sowing period | Earliest possible in spring - frost tolerant up to approx. -5°C |
| Sowing method | Single or double row spacing is beneficial for the yield, larger row spacing in combination with precision sowing is possible. |
| Fertilization | No N-fertilization necessary. Depending on the nutrient content of the soil and nutrient extraction 40-60 kg P₂O₅/ha, 100-130 kg K₂O/ha and about 20-50 kg MgO/ha are advised. If necessary an application of sulphur is suggested. |
| Crop protection | Use herbicides during pre-emergence or mechanically hoe or harrow the field for weed control. Post-emergence herbicide application specifically against grasses is possible. If necessary use fungizides against chocolate spots. Use clean seed to avoid ascoc |
| Harvest | Optimal moisture for harvesting 15-19%. Use protective setting for threshing to avoid broken grains. |
09.01.2023 11:39:53 // 15.00 - Breeder: P. H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
