BLAZEN
High yielding conventional
- 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 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. A good gross output variety with good lodging resistance at flowering and very stiff-stemmed at maturity. Medium-early flowering and medium-late maturity. A tidy variety with the benefit of being offered on the KWS OEP.
| UK | 99 |
| East/West | 98 |
| North | 101 |
| Untreated | 98 |
| UK | 100 |
| East/West | 99 |
| North | 103 |
| Untreated | 99 |
| Light leaf spot | 7 |
| Stem canker | 6 |
| Resistance to lodging | [8] |
| Stem stiffness | 9 |
| Shortness of stem | 6 |
| Earliness of flowering | 6 |
| Earliness of maturity | 5 |
| Plant height (cm) | 6 |
