BLAZEN
High yielding conventional variety
- Marketed under the Oilseed Establishment Partnership (OEP)
- Good resistance to lodging with stiff straw
- Relatively late flowering with medium maturity
Characteristics
About
Blazen is a high yielding conventional variety recommended for the north but suitable for all the main OSR growing areas of the UK. It is a Picto cross and has good resistance to lodging. Blazen is marketed under the KWS OEP scheme.
It has a very good multigene resistance to stem canker. Blazen is a short and stiff variety with good performance across the main OSR regions of England and has had excellent performance in KWS UK trials.
Characteristics in numbers
Variety Type | Conventional |
Recommendation | North |
Gross Output | 101 |
Gross Output East/West | 101 |
Gross Output North | 102 |
Shortness of stem | 6 |
Resistance to Lodging | [8] |
Stem Stiffness | 9 |
Earliness of Flowering | 6 |
Earliness of Maturity | 5 |
Oil Content | 44.7 |
Light Leaf Spot | 6 |
Stem Canker | 6 |