ВНІС·Oilseeds
Kentavr
Kentavr — a mid-early single-cross SU sunflower hybrid from VNIS with a 105–108-day growing season, oil content about 50% and yield potential up to 50 dt/ha.
Main advantages
- Growing season 105–108 days — mid-early hybrid
- Drought tolerance 9/9 — maker's score
- Broomrape races A–G+ — resistance per the maker
- Oil content about 50% — maker's data
- Potential up to 50 dt/ha — maker's data
Overview
About this product
Kentavr is a mid-early single-cross sunflower hybrid for SU technology. The growing season is 105–108 days and plant height 166 cm; the head is 20–22 cm in diameter, slightly convex, half-tilted downward.
Oil content is about 50%, yield potential up to 50 dt/ha. The maker scores resistance to drought, lodging, shattering and white rot at 9 of 9.
Per the maker, it is resistant to sunflower broomrape races A–G+. Recommended stand density before harvest is 50–60 thousand plants/ha with sufficient moisture, 50–55 thousand with moderate moisture and 45–50 thousand with insufficient moisture.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | ВНІС |
|---|---|
| Type | single-cross |
| Maturity | Medium Early |
| Growing period | 105–108 days |
| Registered zones | Steppe, Forest-Steppe |
| Herbicide | ExpressSun |
| Broomrape races | A–G+ |
| Drought tolerance | 9/9 (maker's score) |
| Yield | potential up to 50 dt/ha (5 t/ha) |
| Oil content | about 50% |
| Lodging resistance | 9/9 (maker's score) |
| Shatter resistance | 9/9 (maker's score) |
| Plant height | 166 cm |
| Disease resistance | phoma 7/9; phomopsis 7/9; rust 7/9; downy mildew 7/9; grey rot 7/9; white rot 9/9 (maker's score) |
| Plant density, good moisture | 50–60 thousand plants/ha |
| Plant density, unstable moisture | 50–55 thousand plants/ha |
| Plant density, low moisture | 45–50 thousand plants/ha |
| Other facts | Head diameter: 20–22 cm; Head shape: slightly convex; Head tilt: half-tilted downward |
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- Optimal sowing depends on crop, zone, and seasonal weather. Winter wheat in the Forest-Steppe: Sep 10–25. Corn: when soil is stable at +10°C at 10 cm depth. See the 12-month sowing calendar on the adam.ua blog.
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