PROPHET is a large blue field pea with a very high yield potential, added to the PGRO Recommended List in 2007. Like Nitouche, the long-time industry standard large blue, Prophet has a good combination of agronomic characters: good standing, long straw and excellent resistance to downy mildew.
Prophet is a true large blue, producing samples likely to fine favour in the human consumption, micronising and export markets.
BREEDER: Limagrain Nederland BV
UK AGENT: Nickerson
STATUS: PGRO Recommended List
Prophet has a very high yield potential and has perfromed consistently in trials.
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Prophet has very good resistance to downy mildew and is unlikely to need a specific seed dressing. Prophet is resistant to pea wilt.
Prophet is a true large blue pea with a high thousand seed weight producing a bold sample (suitable for domestic and export markets) with good colour retention (attractive for micronising). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All data is from the PGRO Recommended List of field peas available at www.pgro.org
A high rating figure indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree (1-9 scales).
