MEDIA RELEASE
Friday 27 November 2009
Roundup Ready® canola Delivers Higher Yields – Again
Melbourne, Australia Friday 27 November 2009
Monsanto has released replicated demonstration trial results from a trial site based at Wallendbeen, NSW. The trial ran during the 2009 canola season and was focused on comparing the leading Roundup Ready, triazine tolerant and Clearfield ® canola varieties.
In the first of many replicated trial sites this year, the results again show Roundup Ready canola having a significant yield increase over triazine tolerant canola as initially demonstrated in 2008 – its first year of commercial release canola,
“Our trials with Roundup Ready canola have shown an 11 percent yield increase above the triazine to which is consistent with our previous findings and with growers’ experience. This proves you don’t need to sacrifice yield for weed control,” Dr James Neilsen, Monsanto canola technical specialist said.
The trial also demonstrated that yields from Clearfield varieties were impacted by heavy weed pressure from Group B herbicide resistant weeds.
This trial highlights the importance to growers of the benefits of the Roundup Ready system as it provides an system, alternative to other herbicide control systems.
“This is another tool in the grower’s toolbox and offers real choice to growers. Roundup Ready is a more flexible and environmentally friendly herbicide control system and, as it is a non esidual herbicide, you could say it’s a cleaner non-residual and greener canola,” said Dr Neilsen.
More data will be released in the coming months as other trial sites are harvested.
