Canada
May 28, 2009
Bayer CropScience
unveiled two new InVigor® canola hybrids that it will launch
during this fall’s booking period for the 2010 growing season.
Trials indicate one of them is on track to set yet another yield
record for canola, while the other brings the signature InVigor
yield performance to another specialty oil hybrid.
"InVigor canola hybrids continue to lead the canola seed
industry in yield, and with the commercial availability of
InVigor 5770* and InVigor Health 1145* next year, the bar will
be set even higher," said Brad Ewankiw, Marketing Manager for
Oilseeds for Bayer CropScience Canada. "With what we’ve seen in
field trials, there’s no doubt our breeding program is second to
none."
In Western Canada Canola/Rapeseed Recommending Committee
(WCC/RRC) public co-op trials in 2007/2008, InVigor 5770* showed
yields averaging an eye-popping 135% of the checks. InVigor
Health 1145* showed yields averaging an impressive 133%.
Noting that InVigor 5770* and 1145* will also prove their mettle
in this year’s Prairie Canola Variety Trials (PCVTs), Ewankiw
pointed out that the Canola Council-managed PCVTs are the most
reliable independent measure of canola yield performance.
InVigor canola hybrids earned the top seven yield positions in
the 2008 PCVTs – the sixth consecutive year in the top spot,
maintaining an unbroken string as the top yielder every year
since the inception of the PCVTs in 2003.
InVigor 5770* is a late maturing canola hybrid, best suited for
the long to mid-season growing regions of the Prairies. It is
rated resistant to blackleg.
InVigor Health 1145* will be the newest hybrid developed through
the alliance Bayer CropScience has with Cargill Specialty Canola
Oils. InVigor Health 1145* is a high yielding specialty oil
canola that will be sold through Cargill and selected
independent retails. It is a mid-late maturing canola hybrid,
best suited for the long- to mid-season growing regions of the
Prairies and is also resistant to blackleg.
InVigor hybrids are the most popular canola seeded in Canada,
accounting for a significant amount of the canola acreage seeded
this year.
*Pending registration
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