Yield and Gross Output
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High yield and oil content |
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Low glucosinolate levels |
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Significant improvement in gross output compared with the UK’s leading HEAR variety, Hearty |
Key Benefits
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New High Erucic Acid Rape (HEAR) variety |
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Improved yields and erucic acid content |
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Good stem stiffness and lodging resistance |
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Outstanding Stem Canker resistance |
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Low Biomass type to reduce harvest costs |
Disease Resistance
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Helico has excellent resistance to Stem Canker |
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Take care to manage Light Leaf Spot as resistance to this disease is weak |
Agronomy
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Helico shows similar agronomic characteristics to the UK’s leading HEAR variety, Hearty |
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Excellent lodging resistance |
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Short, stiff straw |
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Suitable for direct combining |
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Medium-early maturity |
Drilling Rates
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Aim for a target spring population of 50-60 plants per m2 |
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Seed rate will vary with seedbed quality and estimated plant losses over the winter |
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Drilling rate will normally range from 80-120 seeds per m2 |
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Objective should be to drill by seed number rather than weight |