Nickerson

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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
 FUEGO

Ben 

YIELD (% control)103

 92

Fuego has a very high yield potential and as shown a consistent performance over many seasons.

EXCELLENT AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
 FUEGO Ben
Earliness of Ripening7 8
Shortness of Straw6 7
Standing Ability at Harvest7 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
 FUEGOBen 
Resistance to:  
Downy Mildew 64 

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

GRAIN QUALITY & MARKETING
 FUEGOBen 
Thousand Seed
Weight (g)
539 502
Protein Content %27.6

 26.5

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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