Sugar beet seed GENEROSA

rust resistant

Product overview
GENEROSA KWS is a newly released sugar beet variety offering strong tolerance to Beet Mild Yellowing Virus (BMYV), improved yield balance and notable rust resistance, suited to conventional sugar beet production systems.

Key features

• Strong tolerance to BMYV (Beet Mild Yellowing Virus)
• Good disease scores including rust resistance
• Recommended sowing from mid-March onwards
• Sugar content: 17.1%

Strengths
New for this season, GENEROSA KWS complements MARUSCHA KWS as our second virus-tolerant variety. It provides growers a targeted option against virus yellows while maintaining competitive yields and resilience to rust.

Crop yields

• Adjusted tonnes (% of C=100%): 92.6
• Sugar yield (% of C=100%): 92.6
• Root yield (% of C=100%): 90.2
• Sugar content: 17.1%

Bolters per 100,000 plants/ha

• Early sowing, before 5 March: 8,099
• Normal sowing: 14

Pre-gapping establishment

• Control establishment: 95.4

Disease

• Rust: [7.4]
• Powdery mildew: [5.5]
• Cercospora: -

Technical specifications

• Commercial name (model): GENEROSA KWS
• Brand: KWS
• Category: Sugar beet variety
• Tolerance: Strong tolerance to Beet Mild Yellowing Virus (BMYV)
• Recommended sowing: Best sown from mid-March onwards
• Crop yields (relative to control C=100%): Adjusted tonnes 92.6%, Sugar yield 92.6%, Root yield 90.2%
• Sugar content: 17.1%
• Bolters per 100,000 plants/ha: Early sowing (before 5 March) 8,099; Normal sowing 14
• Pre-gapping establishment (Control): 95.4
• Disease scores: Rust [7.4], Powdery Mildew [5.5], Cercospora -
• Release status: New this year (virus-tolerant variety)