Early rape seed PT303

winterphoma resistantsclerotinia resistant

PT303 Protector® Sclerotinia is the first winter oilseed rape hybrid to offer growers in the UK and Ireland top level yields with built-in tolerance to Sclerotinia. PT303 has an impressive UK gross output yield on the AHDB Recommended List of 101%. This high gross output is derived from a very high seed yield and a top-level oil content. PT303 is the first hybrid to be marketed in the UK with a claim for tolerance to Sclerotinia. This yield sapping disease can reduce yields in commercial situations by up to 30%. Significant yield loss can occur where flowering fungicide applications are missed or delayed - or just in years when sclerotinia pressure is very high. PT303 Protector Sclerotinia can provide extra support for your crop when this unpredictable and highly damaging disease strikes. Read our article on PT303 and the ever present threat of sclerotinia here to find out how this disease is impacting your OSR crop. Sclerotinia Sclerotinia is a soil-borne fungal pathogen, which can remain viable in the soil for up to 8 years. A single sclerotium produces 10 – 14 apothecia which in turn produce 10 – 14 million spores and it can affect many crops, including: Oilseed rape, Peas, Beans, Lucerne, Carrots and Potatoes (>400 host species). Sclerotinia is usually the main disease to impact OSR at the important flowering stage and in severe infections the yield impact can be >50%! Although epidemics are uncommon, localised infections occur most years and the inoculum burden continue to build if infections are not controlled.