HAWAII is a potentially high yielding, small blue seeded field pea with very good standing ability and good resistance to downy mildew. It has a pleasing dark blue colour, unique resistance to bleaching and has shown excellent suitabilty for the canning market.
Breeder’s Code: ADV 5270
Pedigree: Tornado x Croma
Breeder: Nickerson
Official Trial Status: Recommended List 2008
YIELD POTENTIAL | | | % Untreated Controls | | HAWAII | 89 | | Flare | 91 | | Nitouche | 94 | | Venture | 98 |
Source: NIAB/PGRO Recommended List 2008 except Flare which is from official trials data.
In official trials, Hawaii has shown a yield potential similar to Flare and slightly below the large blue Nitouche.
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| AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS | | (1-9) | HAWAII | Nitouche | Venture | | Earliness of Ripening | 6 | 5 | 6 | | Shortness of Straw | 5 | 4 | 5 | | Standing Ability | 6 | 7 | 6 |
DISEASE RESISTANCE | | | HAWAII | Nitouche | Venture | | Pea Wilt * | R | S | R | | Downy Mildew | 6 | 8 | 8 | | GRAIN QUALITY | | Thousand Seed Weight (g) | 239 | 292 | 255 |
* R = resistant S = susceptible Hawaii is slightly earlier to mature than Nitouche with moderately short straw and good standing ability.
Hawaii has good resistance to downy mildew and is resistant to pea wilt. |
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All data is from the NIAB/PGRO Recomended List. A high figure indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree
