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Lupinus angustifolius L.

A mid-late sweet lupine with white flowers and seeds, and low alkaloid content, very resistant to diseases, recommended for grain production

  • High and stable yield
  • Medium plant height
  • Very high ripening uniformity
  • High resistance to lodging and drought
  • White flowers
  • White grains
  • Resistant to sprouting
  • Very high resistance to fusarium wilt and anthracnose
  • Very high protein content
  • Grains suitable for feeding
  • Grain yield – high and stable
  • Vegetation period (from sowing to technical maturity) – about 112 days (in Poland)
  • Plant height – medium (61-66 cm)
  • Duration of flowering – 20 days
  • Flowering – medium (5 points) (late according to breeders)
  • Maturity – medium (5 points) (late according to breeders)
  • Resistance to lodging – very high
  • Resistance to lodging after flowering – very high (8 points)
  • Very resistant to lodging before harvest – 8.4 points out of 9 points
  • Resistant to drought
  • Resistance to diseases – very high
  • The variety is highly resistant to viral diseases, anthracnose (8 points out of 9 points) and fusarium (8.2 points out of 9 points)
  • Resistance to fusarium wilt – very high – 7.3-8.2 points (out of 9.0)
  • Resistant to anthracnose both during pod formation and pod ripening
  • Resistance to anthracnose during pod formation – very high – 8.5 points (out of 9.0)
  • Resistance to anthracnose during pod ripening – very high – 8.0 points (out of 9.0)
  • Resistance to gray leaf spot Stemphylium botryosum spp. – very high – 8.5 points (out of 9.0)
  • Flowers – white
  • Excellent evenness of grain ripening – high (7.2-7.8 points)
  • Seeds – white (speckled)
  • 1000 seed weight – 135-165-175 g
  • Low alkaloid content – 0.039 %
  • Protein content in DM – high (31.2 %)
  • Cultivated for high protein content
  • Excellent nutritional value of grains
  • Grains are perfect for animal feed and their production because of very low alkaloid content
  • For fodder purposes can be grown in mixtures with other protein plants (peas, yellow lupins)
  • Requirements for soil are low
  • Soil pH should be 5.0-7.4
  • It is recommended to treat seeds with Rhizobium sp. bacteria (Nitragin) before sowing    
  • It is recommended to sow early, sowing depth 3-4 cm
  • Fertilization N 0-20 kg/ha, P 50-70 kg/ha, K 60-80 kg/ha
  • Suggested crop density – 90-100 plants/m2
  • Can be grown for seeds, green fodder, green manure
  • Suitable for green manure/catch crops
  • Perfect for organic farms

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam


Recommended sowing rate: 100-120 seeds/m² or 180 (170-200) kg/ha

Recommended sowing rate when growing for green manure: 190-220 kg/ha