SMART NELDA
The evolution of breeding solutions from KWS
- Tolerance to BCN
- Herbicide tolerant variety
- For use as part of the CONVISO® SMART system
Introducing SMART NELDA...
New for sowing in 2026, SMART NELDA offers growers an exciting opportunity to use the CONVISO® SMART system with the added benefit of beet cyst nematode tolerance. Where the nematode populations associated with beet being grown for a long time in a tight rotation exist, SMART NELDA KWS can help solve this issue.
Characteristics in numbers
| Adjusted tonnes % of C=100% | 89.5 |
| Sugar yield % of C=100% | 89.5 |
| Root yield % of C=100% | 86.4 |
| Sugar content % | 17.2 |
| "X" Unsuitable for sowing BEFORE mid March | X |
| Early sowing, before 5 March | 1218 |
| Normal sowing | 14 |
| Control | 97.4 |
| Rust | [6.5] |
| Powdery Mildew | [5.8] |
| Cercospora | - |
(1 = high leaf infection 9= very low leaf infection)
| AYPR (aggressive rhizomania) | |
| ALS (herbicide tolerant) | X |
| BCN (as claimed by the breeder) | X |
| V (as claimed by the breeder) |
During 2023 KWS held CONVISO® SMART observational trials on a field with a BCN population. Results from the hand digs can be seen below. Note the higher roots weights and sugar content. Under infected conditions the yield protection offered by the tolerance is expected to significantly outperform a non tolerant SMART variety.
