Narrow-leaved lupin TANGO

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