SMART Crop Rotation

SMART farmers have a SMART crop rotation

A diverse crop rotation with a mixture of summer and winter crops is the foundation for long-term productivity, not only for CONVISO^® SMART, but across all crops. When planning your crop rotation, keep in mind:

1. A SMART crop rotation is needed for a good integrated weed management.

2. Not all crops are suitable to be grown after CONVISO® SMART sugarbeet.

Why is it important to choose the correct crop following CONVISO® SMART sugarbeet?

The following crop might be sensitive to the herbicide CONVISO^®ONE and carry-over effects could occur. Herbicide carry-over is the potential of the herbicide to harm crops in the following crop rotation. There are 3 main risk factors:

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1. Soil characteristics

Soil pH plays an important role for herbicide decomposition. A high soil pH can slow down chemical and microbial breakdown of ALS-herbicides like CONVISO® ONE. Additional factors reducing ALS-herbicide decomposition are high organic matter content and low rainfall.

2. Late Application

The later the application, the less time is left for decomposition of the herbicide before the new crop is sown.

3. Relative sensitivity of the following crop

Be aware that the crops have different threshold values for the herbicide to have an effect. Each crop is different in how sensitive it might react to residuals of previous herbicides.

Which crops are suitable to grow in the rotation after CONVISO® SMART sugar beet?

After Crop failure due to frost or flooding in the same spring

SMART KWS sugarbeet

Corn (after ploughing)

Autumn Sowing

Winter Wheat

In the year after application in a normal crop rotation:

Spring wheat

Spring barley
Corn

Peas
Field beans
Sunflowers
Soybeans
Potatoes (waiting time 1 year *)
Spring oilseed rape (waiting time 1 year *
Mustard (as green manure)

A diverse crop rotation is the foundation for the future sustainability of your fields.

Christina Wellhausen , International Agroservice Sugar Beet, KWS

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