Sugar beet hybrid «KUPAVA»
Triploid, genetically uniform hybrid. Seedlings with pink coloration. Rosette leaves of upright type. Leaf shape elongated-oval, green, smooth. Petiole green, triangular, without hairs. Root crop oval-conical in shape. Root head convex. Root placement in soil 50-60%. Root surface white and pinkish-white. Flesh dense, juicy, white.
Agronomic and biological characteristics:
Average root crop yield is 1002 ц/га. Maximum root crop yield 1645 ц/га. Average dry matter content is 17.4%, average dry matter yield — 172.5 ц/га, increase over control — 2.2 ц/га. Maximum dry matter yield 321.4 ц/га. Average root crop weight is 1324 g. Hybrid suitable for manual and mechanical harvesting, root crops store well for a long time. Cultivation of the hybrid is recommended for all soil types in the republic. Hybrid has high dry matter content, weak expression of pithiness and branching, resistant to flowering, relatively drought-tolerant, resistant to cercosporosis and kagat rot.
Seed germination quality:
germination — 85-90%;
uniformity — 98-99%;
purity — 100%;
seed dragee fraction — 3.5 — 4.5 mm.
Productivity indicators:
average yield — 1002 ц/га;
potential yield — 1645 ц/га;
dry matter harvest — 321 ц/га;
sugar content — 13 — 15%;
root crop penetration into soil — 50-60%. Suitable for manual and mechanical harvesting.
Additional important information:
Hybrid has high dry matter content, weak expression of pithiness and branching, resistant to flowering, relatively drought-tolerant, resistant to cercosporosis and kagat rot. Root surface white and pinkish-white. Flesh dense, juicy, white.
Seeds treated and coated with approved pesticides, insecticidal protection applied.
Recommended seeding rate 1.1 — 1.2 seeding units per 1 ha (1 seeding unit — 100 000 seeds). Seeding rates provided for mechanical sowing with sugar beet seeders, row spacing 0.45 m, 6-8 seeds per row. When sowing manually or by other methods, seeding rate may be increased.
Seeds packaged in: cardboard boxes (per 1 seeding unit) — protected from sunlight and precipitation.
