Інститут рослинництва ім. Юр’єва·Cereals
Konstantynivske
Konstantynivske is a mid-early, drought-tolerant proso millet variety from the Yuriev Plant Production Institute for the Steppe, with a growing season of 67–75 days and a potential yield of 4.5–5.0 t/ha, suitable for post-harvest sowing.
Main advantages
- Growing season 67–75 days — 10–12 days before the standard
- Post-harvest sowing — yield 1.5–2.0 t/ha
- Mixed sowings with peas and soya — feed mix
- Protein up to 14% — maker's data
Overview
About this product
Konstantynivske is a mid-early, drought-tolerant proso millet variety (var. aureum) with a growing season of 67–75 days; per the maker, it ripens 10–12 days earlier than the standard variety. The plants are of medium height, 110–130 cm, 1000-seed weight 7.0–7.4 g.
It is resistant to lodging and grain shattering, and damage by smut races of the first group (1, 4, 5–11) is slight. Protein content is up to 14%.
Potential yield is 4.5–5.0 t/ha; at the PPF Ukrkhlibdar in Poltava Oblast it yielded 5.0 t/ha. Sown after a harvested crop or after a forage cut, it gives 1.5 to 2.0 t/ha.
The maker also recommends mixed sowings with peas and soya for a feed mix.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | Інститут рослинництва ім. Юр’єва |
|---|---|
| Maturity | Medium Early |
| Growing period | 67–75 days |
| Registered zones | Steppe |
| Growing zones | Steppe |
| Use | grain; mixed sowings with peas and soya for a feed mix |
| Drought tolerance | drought-tolerant |
| Yield | potential 4.5–5.0 t/ha; at the PPF Ukrkhlibdar 5.0 t/ha; post-harvest and post-mowing sowings 1.5–2.0 t/ha |
| Protein | up to 14% |
| Lodging resistance | resistant to lodging |
| Shatter resistance | resistant to grain shattering |
| Plant height | 110–130 cm |
| Disease resistance | damage by smut races of the first group (1, 4, 5–11) is slight |
| Thousand-seed weight | 7.0–7.4 g |
| Other facts | Botanical variety: aureum |
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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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