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
Status: PGRO Recommended List 2010
YIELD POTENTIAL (% control) | | HAWAII | 83 | | Prophet | 102 |
In official trials, Hawaii has shown a high yield potential for a small blue pea. |
| AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS | | | HAWAII | Prophet | | Earliness of Ripening | 6 | 5 | | Shortness of Straw | 5 | 4 | | Standing Ability | 6 | 7 |
DISEASE RESISTANCE | | | HAWAII | Prophet | | Pea Wilt * | R | R | | Downy Mildew | 7 | 8 | | GRAIN QUALITY | | Thousand Seed Weight (g) | 234 | 301 |
* R = resistant Hawaii is slightly earlier to mature than Prophet with moderately short straw and good standing ability.
Hawaii has good resistance to downy mildew and is resistant to pea wilt. Hawaii is a true small blue with a lower thousand seed weight than Prophet. |
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All data is from the PGRO Recomended List of field peas, available at www.pgro.org
A high figure indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree
