Narrow-leaved lupin ZEUS

A mid-early high yielding proteinous sweet lupine with very high resistance to fusarium and anthracnose

• Stably yielding, evenly ripening
• Branching plants, non-bursting pods   
• Reduced susceptibility to fusarium diseases and anthracnose   
• Suitable as catch crop due to the very fast growth rate and tall plants

• Good seed and protein yields
• Traditional growth, with branched stems
• Number of days from sowing to flowering – 61 days (medium) (in Poland)
• Number of days from sowing to technical maturity – 111-112 days (medium) (in Poland)
• Duration of flowering – 19 days (medium)
• Plant height – medium/tall (71 cm)
• Rapidly develops, quickly covers inter-rows and suppresses weeds
• Stems – strong, branched
• Resistance to lodging after flowering – 7.6 points
• Resistance to lodging before harvest – 7.7 points
• Maturity uniformity – 8.3 points (out of 9.0)
• Resistant to pod cracking
• Resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose
• Resistance to fusarium – high (7.5 points (when 9.0 – very resistant))
• Resistance to anthracnose during pod formation – very high (8.1-8.7 points (when 9.0 – very resistant))
• Resistance to anthracnose during pod ripening – very high (8.5 points (when 9.0 – very resistant))
• Flowers – white-creamy or pale pink
• Seeds – single-coloured, with white shell
• 1000 seeds weight – 148 g
• Protein content in DM – high (31.1 %)
• Fiber content in DM – 15.1 %
• Green fat content in DM – 7.4 %
• Alkaloid content in DM– very low (0.0016%)
• Grains are suitable for animal feed and feed production because they contain very small amount of alkaloids
• Suitable for green feed
• Suitable for catch crop
• Soil pH should be 5.0-7.4
• It is recommended to treat seeds with Rhizobium sp. bacteria (Nitragin) before sowing
• Fertilization N 0-20 kg/ha, P 50-70 kg/ha, K 60-80 kg/ha

• Maturity (when grown as a main plant) – 4 points (out of 9)
• Tendency to lodging – 4 points (out of 9)
• Grain yield – 5 points (out of 9)
• Crude protein content – 5 points (out of 9)
• Crude protein yield – 5 points (out of 9)
• Plant height – 7 points (out of 9)
• Bitter content – low bitterness
• Determinate growth – absent
• Flower colour – white-blue
• Grain ornamentation – none

*when 1: very early/very low / 5: medium / 9: very late very high

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