Build a strong plant foundation – Canopy^® at T0

Key messages:

• Build a strong foundation to support the plant through to harvest.
• A programmed approach to PGRs is the most consistent way to create both optimal crop canopy structure and ear/tiller numbers for yield.
• Canopy^® with its combination of active ingredients provides reliable performance at T0 timing where weather conditions can be variable.

Why PGR at T0?

Creating a stable platform for high yielding crops requires a good foundation. Providing this stem base strength, increasing the root plate and shortening lower internodes will help the crop resist lodging forces later in the season.

Plants can never ‘catch-up’ with late season PGRs if a good foundation has not been built. Even if the weather is dry around the T0 timing, accurately predicting the following weather and lodging pressures on a crop later in the season is not possible, so the key is to begin a programme early.

Canopy^® has been proven to increase root dry matter by up to 27% and treated crops have 30% higher tensile strength.

Build a strong foundation

• Increase the root plate spread for better anchorage and water/nutrient uptake.
• Balance and strengthen tillers, creating an even crop with uniform leaf emergence to assist in more accurate fungicide timings for leaf 3 applications (T1).
• Thicken and strengthen the 1^st internode as it develops.

PGRs are considered an insurance policy for the crop and it is very difficult to predict whether it is going to be a ‘lodging year’, but the cost in yield reduction and gross profit is well known. If you are going to take out an insurance policy, use one that is proven to provide the necessary cover.

Canopy^® will:

• Be immediately available within the plant to provide instant PGR effects
• Give timing flexibility with activity at lower temperatures (active from 5^oC)
• Be active independent from sunlight requirements
• Give long lasting activity Label use across different winter

Product recommendation

If you have any queries or require further information, please contact your local BASF agronomy manager. Contact details can be found at www.agricentre.basf.co.uk/en/. Or call the BASF Technical Services Hotline: 0845 602 2553

Canopy^®contains prohexadione calcium and mepiquat chloride. Canopy^® is a registered trademark of BASF. All other products are those of other manufacturers where proprietary rights may exist. Always read the label and product information before use. For further product information including warning phrases and symbols refer to www.agricentre.basf.co.uk/en/.