Characteristics Defining Broccoli Cultivars from Different Seed Producers
Table 1
Agronomic characteristics of broccoli cultivars from different nurseries.
Cultivar
Nursery
Total yield kg/ha
Days to first harvest
Days to 90% yield1
Harvests2
Harvest >10%3
CHRONOS
Sakata
9092 ab4
63.0 a
77 a
8.0 d
3.0 a
NAXOS
Sakata
11545 b
67.0 b
82 b
7.0 bc
4.3 ab
PHAROS
Sakata
8807 ab
76.0 ef
98 d
6.0 a
5.0 bcd
GUEVARA
Intersemillas
7228 ab
71.0 c
86 c
6.0 a
4.7 bc
ISI 14775 F1
Diamond Seeds
8924 ab
72.0 cd
90 c
6.7 ab
4.33 ab
ISI 14507 F1
Diamond Seeds
8563 ab
71.0 c
88 c
7.0 bc
5.0 bcd
CODE M RZ
Rijk Zwaan
6985 ab
75.0 de
96.7 d
7.7 cd
6.3 e
CODE F RZ
Rijk Zwaan
6348 a
78.3 f
98 d
6.7 ab
4.6 bc
CODE A RZ
Rijk Zwaan
7016 ab
74.0 cd
95.3 d
7.0 bc
6.0 cd
to achieve 90% of total yield; 2number of total harvests; 3number of harvests > 10% of total yield; 4in column, values followed by different letters are significantly different at 0.05.
