FLAMENCO

Cicer arietinum

An early/mid-early highly yielding Kabuli-type chickpea resistant to anrachnosis and seed scattering

  • Semi-early to flowering and maturity
  • Very productive
  • Medium height
  • Very good resistance to lodging and pods opening
  • Large size leaflet
  • Elongated pod, seed of dark beige colour, round to angular
  • 1000 seed weight – 300 g

Soil type is not very important. Seeds germinate wen soil temperature reaches 5°C. Do not accept highly wet soils.

 

  • Very productive
  • Flowering – medium early
  • Maturity – medium early
  • The height of the plants – medium
  • Stem – semi-erect
  • Leaves – medium green
  • Leaflets – large
  • Resistance to lodging – very good
  • Resistance to diseases – good
  • Resistant to anthracnose
  • Flowers – white
  • Resistance to seed scattering – very good
  • Seeds – dark brown, 8 mm, round to angular
  • 1000 seeds weight – 300 (299-316) g
  • Protein content – ​​22-24%
  • Seeds germinate at a soil temperature of 5° C. Does not tolerate high soil moisture
  • It is sown in dry soils that have warmed up to 7-10 °C, in order to have at least 50-60 and even more plants/m², sown 3-4 cm deep, with 40-45 cm inter-rows
  • The ideal break in crop rotation is 5 years
  • These are plants have long vegetation period. Warm weather is required during flowering and pod development (about 24 °C)

 

  • Vigour – excellent (9 out of 10)
  • Soil covering – excellent (9.5 points out of 10)
  • Plant height – medium tall (60-70 cm)
  • Plant habit – upright
  • Resistance to anthracnose (Ascochyta rabiei) – very good (8 points out of 10)
  • Resistance to lodging – excellent (9 points out of 10)
  • Emergence vigour – very good
  • Seed shedding – extremely low (0.5 points out of 10)
  • Earliness at flowering – early
  • Earliness at harvesting – early

*According to research in Germany and France (resistant to pathogen races known and studied in those countries)

Advantages of cultivation:

  • Economic – growing demand
  • Agronomic:
    • Crop rotation is diversified
    • Good pre-crop
    • Nitrogen supply
    • Valorisation of weak soils
    • Improves soil structure

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam


Seed rate: 60 plants/m², or 180-190 kg/ha