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Delight hybrid spring oilseed rape has very high gross output potential, a sound agronomic package and very high oil content

DELIGHT is a restored hybrid spring oilseed rape variety with a very high gross output potential, good lodging resistance and very early flowering.

Delight has a sound agronomic package and a very high oil content.

BREEDER: Raps, Germany
UK AGENT: Limagrain UK
BREEDER'S REFERENCE: RG 405/10
STATUS: HGCA Descriptive List 2012

 

TREATED YIELD (% Control)
DELIGHT (C)
 Kumily (C) Heros (C)
101
 102 98

(C) = Control

GROSS OUTPUT
 
DELIGHT (C)
 Kumily (C) Heros (C)
Yield (% Control) 101 100 99
(C) = Control

Delight has shown a very high yield performance in trials with a gross output of 101% of the controls.
OIL CONTENT
 
DELIGHT (C)
 Kumily (C) Heros (C)
Oil Content (%)  43.9 42.3 44.2
(C) = Control

Delight has a very high oil content, similar to the control variety, Heros.

AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS
 
DELIGHT (C)
 Kumily (C) Heros (C)
Standing ability  8   9  8
Shortness of stem 6 7 6
Earliness of flowering  8 7 6
Earliness of maturity 6 7 5
(C) = Control

Delight is medium in height with very good lodging resistance.

Delight is very early to flower and medium-early to mature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data from HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com

On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.

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