SMART NELDA KWS
The evolution of breeding solutions from KWS
- Tolerance to BCN
- Herbicide tolerant variety
- For use as part of the CONVISO® SMART system
Characteristics
Strengths
Added to the Recommended List last year, SMART NELDA KWS gives growers the opportunity to combine the flexibility of the CONVISO® SMART weed control system with the added benefit of beet cyst nematode (BCN) tolerance. This makes the variety particularly valuable on land where tight sugar beet rotations have contributed to increased BCN pressure. Although SMART NELDA KWS records very low bolting under normal sowing, it is not recommended for early drilling. The variety is classified as unsuitable for sowing before mid-March, so growers should resist the temptation to put its bolting performance to the test!
| Adjusted tonnes % of C=100% | 90.3 |
| Sugar yield % of C=100% | 90.3 |
| Root yield % of C=100% | 87.2 |
| Sugar content % | 17.72 |
| Early sowing, before 5 March | 837 |
| Normal sowing | 0 |
| Control | 99.7 |
| Rust | [6.2] |
| Powdery Mildew | [7.4] |
| Cercospora | [7.3] |
| ALS (herbicide tolerant) | X |
| BCN (as claimed by the breeder) | X |
