Buckwheat VB NOJAI

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