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Kahuna is a popular marrowfat pea which has been on the PGRO Recommended List since 2004. Although relatively lower yielding than some newer varieties, Kahuna is a classic marrowfat type, ideally suited to a variety of human consumption markets, having excellent canning properties and sample quality.

BREEDER: Toft Plant Breeding, Denmark

AGENT: Nickerson 

STATUS: PGRO Recommended List

YIELD POTENTIAL
 KAHUNASakura
YIELD (% controls)8191

 

EXCELLENT AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS

 

KAHUNASakura
Earliness of Ripening55
Shortness of Straw53
Standing Ability at Harvest57

Kahuna has a good combination of characters for a marrowfat, being moderately tall and medium-early to mature.

DISEASE RESISTANCE
Resistance to:KAHUNASakura
Downy Mildew57
Pea Wilt (Race 1)RR

R = Resistant

Kahuna has moderately good resistance to downy mildew and is resistant to pea wilt.

 

SEED CHARACTERS
 KAHUNASakura
Thousand Seed Weight (g)361387

Kahuna has the classic square marrowfat shape and is a well proven variety, liked by processers.


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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