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Kahuna marrowfat pea is a popular variety ideally suited to a range of human consumption markets

Kahuna is a popular marrowfat pea which has been on the PGRO Recommended List since 2004. Although relatively lower yielding than some newer varieties, Kahuna is a classic marrowfat type, ideally suited to a variety of human consumption markets, having excellent canning properties and sample quality.

BREEDER: Toft Plant Breeding, Denmark

AGENT: Limagrain UK 

STATUS: PGRO Recommended List

YIELD POTENTIAL
  KAHUNA Sakura
YIELD (% controls) 78 89

 

EXCELLENT AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS

 

KAHUNA Sakura
Earliness of Ripening 5 5
Shortness of Straw

6

4
Standing Ability at Harvest 5 7

Kahuna has a good combination of characters for a marrowfat, being moderately tall and medium-early to mature.

DISEASE RESISTANCE
Resistance to: KAHUNA Sakura
Downy Mildew 5 5
Pea Wilt (Race 1) R R

R = Resistant

Kahuna has moderately good resistance to downy mildew and is resistant to pea wilt.

SEED CHARACTERS
  KAHUNA Sakura
Thousand Seed Weight (g) 307 331

Kahuna has the classic square marrowfat shape and is a well proven variety, liked by processers.

 


All data is from the PGRO Recommended List of field peas, available at www.pgro.org

A high figure indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree

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