Characteristics
- Leaves: serrated, bristly
- Height: 1-2 m
- Quadrangular stems
- Flower: yellow, dense panicle-like raceme
- Seeds: 4-8 in pods with a long, flattened beak
- Root: deep taproot, lateral roots
- Rapid growth
- Abundant growth
- Dies off with frost
- Very sensitive to long daylight conditions and therefore preferably sown late (early/mid August)
Green manure
- Very good green manure yield (Sowing in mid-August)
- Good weed suppressant
- Very good N-accumulation
- Root residue 12-15 quintals DM/ha
