CURLEW

Frost-resistant yield-performer.

• Excellent overwintering with good frost tolerance and regeneration capacity.
• Improved yield potential and health performance.
• Medium crop height with good standability and fast row closure for strong weed suppression.
• Commercial seed available from autumn 2025.

CURLEW:

CURLEW is a new, frost-resistant field bean that brings breeding progress in this segment into practice. For the farmer, CURLEW delivers a significant improvement in grain yield combined with improved plant health. The agronomic package of this new variety is rounded off by its excellent regeneration capacity in spring and its good standability.

Like all winter field beans, Curlew is an alternative to spring field beans in regions with increased early summer drought. By planting the winter variety, the risk of a total loss of the (spring) bean can be partially compensated and the risk spread: CURLEW can take full advantage of the winter moisture due to the deeper branched root system and the advanced plant development in early spring. Its yield formation is therefore less affected by early summer drought and heat because of an early flowering. The recommended sowing rate of 20-25 seeds/m² is about half of the spring type and reduces sowing costs. The crop compensates for the lower sowing rate with tillering.

Variety Characters

Classification based on German Federal Plant Variety Office 2024 and own observations.

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Distribution

For further information please click your country or contact Nils Christiansen, E-Mail n.christiansen@npz.de

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