Highest Yielding Variety in the Market
Vespa is the highest yielding variety on the PGRO DL 2023, some 17% ahead of Tundra. It is now the market leader.
Vespa has short straw with good standing ability and a larger seed size than Tundra.
With its large seed and pale hilum Vespa is well accepted for the export and feed markets and is proving exceptionally popular.
Annual Yields - - - -
2018 (4.38 t/ha) - - - - 108
2019 (5.50 t/ha) - - - - 109
2020 (2.77 t/ha) - - - - 115
2021 (5.18 t/ha) - - - - 115
2022 (4.78 t/ha) - - - - 109
Agronomics -
Flower colour - C
Earliness of maturity (1-9) - 5
Straw length (cm) - 115
Standing ability at harvest (1-9) - 8
Disease Resistance - -
Downy Mildew (1-9) - - 5
Rust (1-9) - - 5
Seed Characters - -
Thousand seed weight (g) - - 667
Protein content (%) - - 25.7