Key Benefits

New High Erucic Acid Rape (HEAR) variety
Improved yields and erucic acid content
Good stem stiffness and lodging resistance
Outstanding Stem Canker resistance
Low Biomass type to reduce harvest costs


Yield and Gross Output

High yield and oil content
Low glucosinolate levels
Significant improvement in gross output compared
with the UK’s leading HEAR variety, Hearty




Disease Resistance


Helico has excellent resistance to Stem Canker
Take care to manage Light Leaf Spot as resistance to this disease is weak



Agronomy

Helico shows similar agronomic characteristics to
the UK’s leading HEAR variety, Hearty
Excellent lodging resistance
Short, stiff straw
Suitable for direct combining
Medium-early maturity



Drilling Rates

Aim for a target spring population of 50-60 plants
per m2
Seed rate will vary with seedbed quality and
estimated plant losses over the winter
Drilling rate will normally range from 80-120 seeds
per m2
Objective should be to drill by seed number rather
than weight