How can vigour help in the fight against CSFB?
Choosing the right variety for speed of emergence
As the emphasis switches away from yield and more towards getting a decent crop established, vigour is becoming a key factor in the grower’s decision-making process. The faster a plant can grow, the quicker it’s able to outgrow the adult CSFB feeding damage when it is emerging. There is growing evidence that hybrids provide better autumn vigour than conventional varieties so it’s worth investing in what is still the UK’s best break crop. Autumn vigour is about speed of emergence and fast production of biomass. The more leaf material early on, the better the chance the plants have of growing through adult beetle attack.
How does spring vigour help?
The ability to outgrow a CSFB larvae infestation is a key characteristic for a variety. Faster growing plants can outgrow even high numbers of larvae within the stem and petioles in the spring. It’s often the smaller, weaker crops that are lost at this time in the season. What is needed at this time is a variety that has a good biomass with strong stems and plenty of leaf material.
How InVigor® varieties can give the crop the best start
InVigor® hybrids have some of the best autumn and spring vigour
All treated with Integral® Pro biological seed treatment
Proven to increase establishment and vigour, with fungicidal and plant strengthening effects Integral®https://basfrealresults.co.uk/osr/risk-share/ will boost the root and shoot growth after drilling and into the following spring. Add this on top of the excellent vigour of the varieties and you have the best start for the crop. All InVigor varieties purchased are automatically covered under the Establishment Risk Share Programme, where in the event of conditions deteriorating BASF will reimburse £30/ha if the crop fails to establish. See Pro
Varieties available now for early order and delivery
New InVigor Clearfield hybrids available now
For 2020, there are two new BASF Invigor Clearfield® varieties, InV1166CL®https://basfrealresults.co.uk/osr/risk-share/ and InV1266CL®. These varieties originate from the European portfolio where they have shown great yield consistency, quantitative and qualitative phoma resistance. Excellent autumn and spring vigour have also been seen from both these varieties in the UK environment. As these are part of the InVigor® portfolio, both are covered under the Establishment Risk Share Programme, where in the event of conditions deteriorating BASF will reimburse £30/ha if the crop fails to establish. See