Clean Crop Brassica

What is Clean Crop Brassica?

The Cleancrop™ brassica system is a traditionally bred herbicide tolerant (HT) cropping system that combines:

• Seed of HT Brassica™ cultivars that are bred to be tolerant to the sulfonyl urea herbicide, DuPont® Telar®
• Telar® is a broad-spectrum herbicide that provides excellent control of broad-leaf weeds in brassica crops with Cleancrop™ brassica system technology
• A best practise guide, to maximise the on-farm performance and responsible management of Cleancrop™ brassica system

Where can I use Clean Crop Brassica?

The Cleancrop™ brassica system can be used where a simple weed control programme is required that controls a wide range of economically important and historically difficult to control weeds. Telar® herbicide controls the following weeds:

Calandrinia, Californian Thistle*, Chickweed, Dandelions, Docks, Fathen, Hawksbeard, Nodding Thistle, Rayless Chamomile, Redroot, Scarlet Pimpernel.

*Delay application until majority of Californian Thistles have emerged and are at rosette stage.
 

What are the benefits of the Clean Crop Brassica system?

1. Simplified weed control: The Cleancrop™ brassica system is an integrated weed management programme that offers excellent control of key problem weeds in brassica, including Wild Turnip, Californian Thistle, Fathen, Redroot, Shepherd’s Purse and Spurrey.
2. HT Brassica™ cultivars with excellent agronomic performance: HT Brassica™ cultivars containing the Cleancrop™ brassica system technology have been bred from the very successful Plant & Food Research Ltd. PGG Wrightson Seeds joint breeding program, Forage Innovations Ltd. In addition to their tolerance to Telar® herbicide, each cultivar, depending on species has improved forage yield, palatability, disease and insect tolerance.
3. Best practise guide and stewardship plan: The Cleancrop™ brassica system must be implemented on-farm in accordance with the best practise guide and stewardship plan. Developed by PGG Wrightson Seeds and DuPont®, this programme is designed to optimise the on-farm performance of the Cleancrop™ brassica system.

Note – The Cleancrop™ brassica system of HT Brassica™ seed plus Telar® herbicide shouldn’t be used in the crop rotation in the year prior to planting fodder beet or potatoes due to their crop sensitivity to Telar®.

Specialty Seeds are accredited re-sellers of this innovative technology system. For more information please contact Specialty Seeds.