BEN is a high yielding, pale skinned, pale hilum spring bean suitable for the premium export market for human consumption. It is early to mature with short straw and good standing power. Ben is fully recommended on the NIAB/PGRO Recommended List 2008.
BREEDER: Limagrain-Advanta Netherland BV
AGENT: Nickerson, UK
STATUS: NIAB/PGRO Recommended List 2008
Ben is a high yielding variety, 3% higher yielding than Syncro.
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Ben is somewhat susceptible to downy mildew and is likely to require treatment in most situations.
Ben has a slightly smaller thousand seed weight to Syncro. Ben has a pale skin and hilum which make it attractive to the premium export markets for human consumption. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All information is from the NIAB/PGRO Recommended List unless stated otherwise. A high figure indicates that the variety shows the character to a high degree.
