Clarity in a crowded marketplace

Oilseed Rape Variety Choices

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ILA H

ybrid Oilseed Rape

ARTIC

Open Pollinated W

inter Oilseed Rape

ARCHIM

EDES

Hybrid W

inter Oilseed Rape

[ ] = Limited data. All data is from the AHDB Recommended List database, except where otherwise stated. See www.cereals.ahdb.org.uk for full dataset.

• Very high gross output

• Good all-round agronomics

• Very good stem canker resistance

• Good autumn vigour and pod shatter resistance

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AQU

ILA H

ybrid Winter O

ilseed Rape

Aquila is an exciting restored hybrid variety with good gross output potential for the E/W region of the UK, combined with good lodging and excellent disease resistance, as well as a high oil content.

Pod shatter resistance is a very important characteristic in OSR as those varieties that carry a high degree of pod shatter resistance, such as Aquila, can make a real difference to seed losses, both before and at harvest.

The key attribute for OSR varieties going forward is disease resistance and Aquila has a very useful portfolio of disease resistance, offering an AHDB resistance rating of 8 for phoma (stem canker), as well as a very good rating of 6 for light leaf spot.

Aquila has demonstrated superb autumn and spring vigour - vital when conditions are less than ideal or for when it is late drilled after a preceding wheat crop.

Aquila is a medium-tall variety with very stiff straw, and is early to mature.

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“ Based on its high gross output potential, very good

disease resistance and sound agronomics, Aquila offers the key requirements for a grower

this autumn.

Chris GuestSeed Manager, Gleadell

“ Looking at what Aquila has to offer,

the variety is a complete package and readily deserves very strong

consideration when deciding upon the variety mix for planting in

autumn 2016.

Lee BennettSeed Manager, Openfield

POD SHATTER RESISTANCE

VERY GOOD STEM CANKER RESISTANCE

HIGH GROSS OUTPUT

GOOD AUTUMN VIGOUR

STEM CANKER8 LIGHT

LEAF SPOT6

Dare to think big.

Aquila has outstanding genetics to help you

maximise your Oilseed Rape returns

LIGHT LEAF SPOT

Artic is an exciting conventional, open pollinated Candidate variety with good gross output potential for both the E/W and North regions of the UK, combined with very high oil content.No

Weakness!

So many strengthsRated 7 for Light Leaf Spot

Rated 7 for Stem Canker

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ARTIC

Open Pollinated W

inter Oilseed Rape

Artic has shown good consistency in performance, in both regional and seasonal data analysis.

Artic has an AHDB RL resistance rating of 7 for light leaf spot and 7 for stem canker.

LIGHT LEAF SPOT

STEM CANKER7

7

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“ Artic is short-medium in height, with very stiff stems and

has very good lodging resistance. Artic has a medium flowering and maturity

rating, similar to Campus.

Vasilis Gegas Senior Oilseed Rape Breeder, Limagrain UK

“Beckii Gibbs Seed Manager, United Oilseeds

“ Artic is an exciting OSR Candidate variety that has an outstanding agronomic merit rating of 39.9.

Merit rating is calculated using AHDB ratings as: Lodging + Stem Stiffness + (1.5 x Stem Canker) + (2 x Light Leaf Spot).

As Artic has a double ‘7’ rating for light leaf spot and stem canker with no weaknesses, you can see that Artic is easy to manage with the

potential for excellent returns.

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6

5

4

Elgar, Barbados Nikita,

Charger

Quartz

Picto, Campus,Trinity, Amalie, Cabernet, Anastasia

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6

5

4

Barbados

Charger, Nikita

Picto, Campus, Amalie, Anastasia, Quartz

Elgar, Trinity, Cabernet

DISEASE RATINGS OF RECOMMENDED & CANDIDATE CONVENTIONAL VARIETIES

STEM CANKER

GROSS OUTPUT - EAST/WEST & NORTH

OIL CONTENT

46.5%

ARTIC DK CABERNET PT211 PR46W21Source: AHDB RL database 2016/17

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d (%

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ls) 105

108

101 100 101 10199 98

E/W Region

NORTH Region

We can’t find its weakness!

Artic is the most complete Conventional Oilseed

Rape for growers across the UK

Source: AHDB E/W RL database 2016/17 unless stated otherwise

Archimedes has completed National List trials and offers growers a clubroot resistant variety with additional superior agronomic traits over comparable varieties within this same sector.

GOOD AUTUMN VIGOUR( ) + EARLY

MATURITY( ) VERY GOOD POD SHATTER RESISTANCE( )+ =

CLUBROOT RESISTANT!

AND

THE PERFECT FORMULA

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ARCHIM

EDES

Hybrid W

inter Oilseed Rape

Archimedes is comparable for yield with the control varieties PR46W21 and DK Cabernet, offering a gross output of 99%^.

99%

“ With its vigorous growth habit, fast early development, good

disease profile, early maturity and pod shatter resistance, Archimedes is an attractive

proposition for growing in the traditional clubroot areas of Scotland, as well as on

infected land in the East and West.

David Leaper Technical Seed Manager, Agrii

“Archimedes offers superior agronomic attributes over other commercial clubroot resistant varieties, giving growers a better proposition for on farm performance as the variety demonstrates traits such as early plant vigour combined with good autumn development.

Archimedes has the highly desirable and valuable traits of earlier flowering and early maturity, combined with pod shatter resistance.

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“ Vasilis Gegas Senior Oilseed Rape Breeder, Limagrain UK

“ Archimedes has better autumn vigour and it is earlier to flower and mature than Mentor - key characteristics to growing a successful OSR crop. In fact, it is the earliest variety in our entire

European oilseed rape portfolio. These attributes, along with Archimedes’ superior stem canker resistance and excellent pod shatter

resistance, make it a much better bet on farm than Mentor.

It is a medium to tall variety in height, with good lodging resistance and stem stiffness.

SUPERIOR AGRONOMIC ATTRIBUTES

Archimedes is a complete solution for

Oilseed Rape growers with Clubroot

SEASONAL GROSS OUTPUT POTENTIAL 2014/15 - NORTH DATASET

GROSS OUTPUT

ARCHIMEDES PR46W21 CRACKER* MENTOR*Source: AHDB North 2 year summary Candidate report.

*= AHDB 4 year report. Note 2 different datasets means data should not be directy compared

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102

98 99 98

91 90

101104

2014 2015

AHDB North 2 year summary Candidate report

AHDB 4 year report

ARCHIMEDES HAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RESISTANCE TO POD SHATTER

VarietyNo. of Pods

Tested

Average force to open pods (Newtons)

Pod Shatter

Resistance

MENDELSON 120 0.92 LOW

SY ALISTER 240 0.95 LOW

MENDEL 120 1.18 LOW

DK EXSTORM 240 2.07 MEDIUM

DK EXPOWER 240 2.47 MEDIUM

240 3.13 HIGH

^ = AHDB North 2 year summary Candidate report

Source: Limagrain data

Growing a successful OSR crop has never been more challenging; establishment issues related to pest damage as a result of the

neonicotinoid ban, increasing threat from diseases such as light leaf spot and variable yields from season to season, all take a toll on performance.

Vasilis Gegas, Senior Oilseed Rape Breeder with Limagrain UK, believes that the UK-focussed OSR breeding programme that he

leads is producing varieties such as Anastasia, Amalie and Nikita which offer specific attributes which are of value to the UK grower.

• Limagrain introduced the first variety offering Turnip Yellows

Virus (TuYV) resistance, Amalie, to the marketplace. For many growers in the UK TuYV is a real issue, making Amalie an excellent choice for risk management in the post neonicotinoid era

• Recommended in 2015, Amalie is an exciting conventional, open pollinated variety with good gross output potential at [97%] of control in the

north and 99% of control in the East/West

• Amalie has sound agronomic characters plus an excellent disease resistance profile. The variety offers robust resistance to light leaf spot (6) and stem canker (5)

• Amalie is short-medium in height with very stiff stems and very good lodging resistance.

• Amalie is medium-early to flower and mature

Looking ahead to the autumn, Dr Alan Dewar of Dewar Crop Protection urges growers to strongly consider the role that varietal resistance to TuYV can play.

It’s exciting news for OSR growers that the variety Amalie has proven itself to be completely resistant to TuYV and I am confident with this claim, having had some testing done myself.

• Nikita is a very high yielding conventional

variety that over the past three years in trials, has delivered very consistent performances with a gross output of 110% of control; on par with Campus

• Once a problem for the north and Scotland, light leaf spot is now becoming an increasing issue across the whole of the UK. A critical factor in controlling LLS is the integration of

varietal resistance into rape programmes

• With exceptionally good LLS resistance (7) Nikita is a very high yielding conventional variety that should be selected as an important element in the fight against this very damaging disease

Left unchecked, LLS can depress yield by more than one tonne per hectare. Fungicides, of course, can play an important role in controlling the disease but inherent, genetic

resistance such as that offered by Nikita, will give an underlying protection that is invaluable when weather conditions are not favourable to spraying the crop. David Waite, Frontier’s Northern Seed Manager

• Nikita has the short stiff stems that growers prefer for ease of harvest, and very good lodging resistance.

• Nikita is also medium to flower and mature

• Anastasia is a very vigorous conventional variety with consistent yield performance in the north

• Anastasia has competed with hybrid varieties in trials over several seasons with a very high gross output potential; 110% control, 2% above DK Explicit

• Anastasia also performs well in trials

further south

• The excellent performance of Anastasia beyond the stated boundaries of the northern RL, is most likely due to the good variety’s resistance to Light Leaf Spot (6); the same as SY Harnas and Campus

• Anastasia is the shortest non-semi dwarf on the North RL, with very stiff stems and very good resistance to lodging, making it easy to manage and harvest

• The variety is medium-early to flower and mature, spreading risk at farm level

Anastasia has a rapid autumn development, similar to many hybrids, which is an important characteristic for later drilling, as the crop can get up and out of the ground quickly. Les Daubney, Oilseeds Product Manager, Limagrain

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