Mantara has rounded grain of a light brown colour, which the requirements for the niche pigeon feed trade, which is undersupplied from UK production. Mantara is the highest yielding maple pea on the PGRO Recommended List and is 4% higher yielding than Rose. It has moderately short straw with very good standing ability. The variety has good resistance to downy mildew and is also resistant to pea wilt.
Technical information for Mantara is below.
| MANTARA | Rose | |
|---|---|---|
| Yield (as % Control) | 92 | 88 |
All information is from the PGRO Recommended List 2019, available at www.pgro.org. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.
| MANTARA | Rose | |
|---|---|---|
| Earliness of Ripening | 6 | 7 |
| Shortness of Straw | 7 | 5 |
| Standing Ability at Harvest | 6 | 5 |
| Thousand Seed Weight (g) (@15%mc) | 242 | 253 |
| Protein Content (%dry) | 22.0 | 24.5 |
All information is from the PGRO Recommended List 2019, available at www.pgro.org. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.
| MANTARA | Rose | |
|---|---|---|
| Pea Wilt (Race 1) | R | S |
| Downy Mildew | 6 | 7 |
All information is from the PGRO Recommended List 2019, available at www.pgro.org. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree. R = Resistant, S = Susceptible.
All information is from the PGRO Recommended List 2019 of combining peas available at www.pgro.org
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