CHYMA KWS
The cleanest variety available
- Outstanding tolerance to cercospora
- High yields and sugar content
- Highest untreated yield
Characteristics in detail
CHYMA KWS is an exciting introduction for 2025. This is the first variety into the UK to have our CR+ trait. This offers unrivalled protection to the devasting disease, cercospora. As a variety CHYMA KWS is very attractive, offering high yields and a high sugar content. It has the highest untreated yield on the recommended list.
The sum of its ratings for rust, powdery mildew and cercospora are the highest in Recommended List trials, 20.1 out of 27. With no obvious weakness with its leaf disease scores CHYMA KWS will suit later lifting.
Characteristics in numbers
| Adjusted tonnes % of C=100% | 101.0 |
| Sugar yield % of C=100% | 101.0 |
| Root yield % of C=100% | 101.71 |
| Sugar content % | 16.9 |
| "X" Unsuitable for sowing BEFORE mid March | X |
| Early sowing, before 5 March | 10298 |
| Normal sowing | 14 |
| Control | 98.7 |
| Rust | [6.5] |
| Powdery Mildew | [6.4] |
| Cercospora | [7.2] |
(1 = high leaf infection 9= very low leaf infection)
| AYPR (aggressive rhizomania) | |
| ALS (herbicide tolerant) | |
| BCN (as claimed by the breeder) | |
| V (as claimed by the breeder) | |
| CR+ (as claimed by the breeder) | X |
