Aspire is the only recommended conventional variety with crucial TuYV resistance. Aspire is a short robust plant type with very good straw characteristics. A solid disease and TuYV resistance means Aspire fits the early drilling option perfectly with its slower speed of development.
Aspire
Anything but conventional
- Type: Conventional
- Status: Recommended UK
- Clearfield®: No
- Resistance Traits: TuYV (Turnip Yellows Virus)
Strengths
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Consistent performance across all regions of the UK
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Robust and resilient plant type
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Ideally suited to early drilling
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Key Strengths
| Aspire | Annika | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Output- UK | 96 | 99 | 95 | 98 |
| Gross Output - E/W | 96 | 99 | 94 | 98 |
| Gross Output - North | 98 | 98 | 100 | 99 |
| Lodging Resistance | [7.9] | [8] | [8] | [8] |
| Stem Stiffness | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Plant Height (cm) | 134 | 142 | 136 | 138 |
| Earliness of Flowering | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Earliness of Maturity | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Pod Shatter Resistance | - | - | - | - |
| Oil Content (@9% moisture) | 45.2 | 44.9 | 44.7 | 44.9 |
Aspire
Anything but conventional
Aspire is the only recommended conventional variety with crucial TuYV resistance. Aspire is a short robust plant type with very good straw characteristics. A solid disease and TuYV resistance means Aspire fits the early drilling option perfectly with its slower speed of development.
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Technical information
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Consistent performance across all regions of the UK
-
Robust and resilient plant type
-
Ideally suited to early drilling
Technical Information
Key Strengths
| Aspire | Annika | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Output- UK | 96 | 99 | 95 | 98 |
| Gross Output - E/W | 96 | 99 | 94 | 98 |
| Gross Output - North | 98 | 98 | 100 | 99 |
| Lodging Resistance | [7.9] | [8] | [8] | [8] |
| Stem Stiffness | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Plant Height (cm) | 134 | 142 | 136 | 138 |
| Earliness of Flowering | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Earliness of Maturity | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Pod Shatter Resistance | - | - | - | - |
| Oil Content (@9% moisture) | 45.2 | 44.9 | 44.7 | 44.9 |
Data from the AHDB Oilseed Rape Recommended List 2024/25. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree (e.g. high resistance). [ ] = limited data. Agronomic features marked with * are breeders perspective.
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