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Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.

A medium late buckwheat with large grains and good resistance to lodging

  • 1000 seed weight – 31.4-33.0 g
  • Hull content – 26 %
  • Protein content – 11.4 %
  • Starch content – 56. 2 % 
  • Hectoliter weight – 51.1 kg/hl
  • Later ones. Suitable for growing in the country's climate
  • Large grains
  • Stable grain yield
  • Grows rapidly, suppresses weeds
  • Buckwheat roots dissolve hardly available phosphorus compounds, making them available to the following plants
  • Average grain yield (at 14 % moisture content) in testing year – 4.05 t/ha
  • Vegetation period – 91.5 (88-92) days (from seed germination to full maturity)
  • Average plant height – 122 cm
  • Resistance to lodging – 8.5 points (when 9 points - a very resistant to lodging variety)
  • Weight of 1000 seeds – 31.4 g
  • Protein content in DM – 11.0 %
  • Starch content in DM – 56.2 %
  • Hull content – 26 %

*Variety description of buckwheat varieties in the National List of Plant Varieties, 2016.

  • Cotyledons: anthocyanin coloration – weak (5 points)
  • Stem: anthocyanin coloration – very weak/weak (2 points)
  • Inflorescence: anthocyanin coloration – very weak/weak (2 points)
  • Flowering time – early (3 points)
  • Type of plant growth – indeterminate (2 points)
  • Plant height – medium (5 points)
  • Leaves at the base – strongly cordate (3 points)
  • Intensity of leaf green colour – medium (2 points)
  • Flower – medium size (2 points)
  • Petal color – white (1 point)
  • Flower pedicel length – average (2 points)
  • Number of flower clusters – average (2 points)
  • Stem length – short (3 points)
  • Amount of stem internodes – many (7 points)
  • Stem diameter – medium (2 points)
  • Time of maturity – late (7 points)
  • Seed length – long (3 points)
  • Shape of the seed – trullate (3 points)
  • Seed coat colour – medium brown (2 points)
  • 1000 seeds weight – medium (5 points)

*According to the data from DUS tests in COBORU, Poland (2013-2014)

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


Recommended sowing rate: 300-350 plants/m² or 80-100 kg/ha

Recommended sowing rate for green manure:70-90 kg/ha