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CONTRA Multi-resistant Oil radish Oil radish
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Specialist for vegetable crop rotations
Name addition
Multi-resistant Oil radish
- Multi-resistant oil radish for a healthy soil - suitable for all crop rotations, even intensive crops and vegetables
- Resistance against Beet Cyst Nematodes - resistance level 2+. Reduction of Heterodera schachtii and officially tested effect against Meloidogyne chitwoodi
- CONTRA allows efficient reduction of Meloidogyne hapla (Northern Root Knot Nematode) in organic crop rotations with a high ratio of clover and carrots
- No multiplication of Stem and Bulb Nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) and bad host of Pratylenchus nematodes in sandy soils
- Strong and leafy initial development in combination with a low flowering tendency for a long period
General description
| - - - - | - - - | - - | - | 0 | + | + + | + + + | + + + + |
---- = very low resistance/early/short, ++++ = very high resistance/late/long
Classification Bundessortenamt
Resistance against Heterodera schachtii
Resistance level 2
Initial mass formation
Tendency to flower
Resistance to lodging
Agronomic features
Weed suppression
Protection against erosion
Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
Humus formation
Cold- and frost resistance
Drought tolerance
Type of root
Tap root
Rooting depth
180 cm
Breeder
P.H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
All variety descriptions have been prepared in accordance to the best of our knowledge, considering trial results and observations. A guarantee or a liability in individual cases is not possible, because the growth conditions are subject to substantial fluctuations.
Crop rotation suitability
Maize
++
Cereals
++
Oilseed rape
+
Sugar beets
++
Potatoes
++
Intensive crops
++
Legumes
++
Cultivation recommendations
Recommended sowing rate
25 - 30 kg/ha
Sowing depth
2 - 3 cm
Sowing period
July till early Sept. In vegetable growing from May - it takes 6 - 8 weeks of vegetation in order to get a reduction.
Fertilization
40 - 60 kg N/ha
Crop protection
Usually there is no plant protection required.
Sowing method
In order to gain a fast and even development of the oil radish plants, drilling after careful soil preparation is recommended.
Breeder
P.H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
All variety descriptions have been prepared in accordance to the best of our knowledge, considering trial results and observations. A guarantee or a liability in individual cases is not possible, because the growth conditions are subject to substantial fluctuations.