Bean
ESPRESSO


Advantages

  • Field bean with early to medium flowering date
  • High yield potential
  • Good health parameters

High yield potential with excellent standing power

Plant protection
For medium to high yield expectation fungicide treatment is profitable.
Insecticide against black bean aphid and bean weevil may be necessary.
Special remark
Particulary suitable for the export market with field beans as food product.
No nitrogen fertilizer required. In the crop rotation a cultivation break of 4 years is recommended for beans.
 

Short profile
---- = very low resistance/early/short, ++++ = very high resistance/late/long 

 General description
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Lodging resistance
Beginning of flowering
Yield potential
Protein content

General description


 General description
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---- = very low resistance/early/short, ++++ = very high resistance/late/long

Growth
Grain maturity
Plant length
Beginning of flowering

Resistance
Lodging resistance
Ascochyta
Botrytis
Rust

Yield & Quality
Yield potential
Protein content
Protein yield
Thousand grain weight
Tannin content

Cultivation
Sowing depth
Heavy soil: 6-8 cm, light soil 8-10 cm
Plant density
35-50 plants per m2. The best possible row distance is 25-45 cm depending on the sowing method.
Sowing time
Depending on climatic and soil conditions, beginning at the end of February.

Breeder
Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG, Germany
All variety descriptions have been prepared in accordance to the best of our knowledge, considering trial results and observations. A guarantee or a liability in individual cases is not possible, because the growth conditions are subject to substantial fluctuations.