Rocket at Nickerson UK

ROCKET is a white field pea with a very high yield potential and a good combination of agronomic characters, including excellent standing ability and good downy mildew resistance.

Breeder’s Code: A 0004.3
Breeder: Toft Plant Breeding, Denmark
UK Agent: Nickerson
Official Trial Status: Recommended List 2008

YIELD POTENTIAL (% Controls)
	Untreated Trials
ROCKET	104
Bilbo	103
Nitouche	94

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
	ROCKET	Bilbo	Nitouche
Pea Type	White	White	Large Blue
Earliness of Ripening (1 - 9)	6	5	5
Shortness of Straw (1 - 9)	3	5	4
Standing Ability (1 - 9)	8	7	7

DISEASE RESISTANCE & SEED QUALITY:
	ROCKET	Bilbo	Nitouche
Pea Wilt *	R	R	S
Downy Mildew (1-9)	7	6	8
Thousand Seed Weight (g)	259	256	292

R = Resistant; S = Susceptible

Rocket is a tall strawed variety with very good standing ability (8), superior to Bilbo and Nitouche. Ripening is comparable with the other Recommended white peas.
Rocket has good resistance to downy mildew and is relatively small seeded.

All data is from the NIAB/PGRO Recommended List. A high figure indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree

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