New Clearfield canola varieties in the pipeline for the 2010 growing season are expected to include the first juncea canola varieties with built-in herbicide tolerance.
BASF Canada on Wednesday announced four new varieties for its 2010 Clearfield production system, including the two junceas, Xceed 8470 and Xceed 8571; BrettYoung 5525 CL, billed as the highest-yielding Clearfield hybrid ever the Western Canadian Canola and Rapeseed Recommending Committee trials; and a new Omega-9 specialty oil variety, NX4-202 CL.
Unlike Polish and Argentine canola varieties, which are rapeseed cultivars, juncea is a mustard cultivar that produces an oil profile equal to that of rapeseed canolas. However, they also maintain mustard’s hardiness for production in drier areas of the Prairies not known for their canola output.
Read Also
U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying
Bargain buying and short covering lifted U.S. corn futures on Monday after the market slid to contract lows on expectations for strong U.S. output, traders said.
Xceed 8470 and Xceed 8571 each offer increased stress tolerance to frost, heat and drought, BASF said, as well as resistance to pod shattering that can allow growers to straight-cut combine without swathing.
Solo, Odyssey and Equinox herbicides are registered for use on Xceed canolas at this time, BASF said. Xceed 8571 will have full availability, while 8470 will have limited availability, both to be sold through Viterra outlets for the 2010 season.
BrettYoung 5525 CL, meanwhile, will have full availability for 2010. The variety yielded 126 per cent of Q2/46A65 checks in co-op trials and also offers what BASF called a “solid disease package,” with resistant ratings to both blackleg and fusarium wilt.
NX4-202 CL, the Omega-9 specialty canola, will be available in limited quantities in 2010 through Dow AgroSciences, BASF said. The variety is rated resistant to fusarium wilt and moderately resistant to blackleg and offers “nine per cent higher net returns” compared to InVigor 5020, the company said.
“With the addition of these new Clearfield canola varieties, growers now have multiple herbicide-tolerant options, whether they’re growing hybrid canola, specialty-oil canola or canola oil-quality juncea,” Harley House, BASF’s Clearfield brand manager, said in a release.
Clearfield crops’ herbicide tolerance traits are recognized as non-GMO, which generally affords them the same range of marketability as conventional varieties.
