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Maximize Your Yield
Superior Weed Control + High Yielding Hybrids = Simply More Yield.
The better your weed control, the better your yields. That's why, when it comes to getting the most yield out of your fields, nothing beats Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola. Add in a broad spectrum of high performing genetics from 12 different seed brands and you have all of the ingredients you need to succeed. Year in, year out, in all conditions Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola offers superior weed control to maximize yield and net return.
Even a few weeds can cause significant yield damage.
| Weed Pressure* | Yield |
|---|---|
| None | 100% |
| Low | 87% |
| Medium | 74% |
| High | 54% |
*Source: Based on research conducted by John O'Donovan of Alberta Research Council, Vegreville, AB, that demonstrates the significance of yield loss due to wild oats and volunteer cereals in canola if not controlled under various weed densities. Low = 20 plants/sq. m. Medium = 50 plants/sq. m. High = 120 plants/sq. m. Based on recommended seeding rates and crop and weed emergence at the same time.
Third-party research demonstrates that even a few wild oats and volunteer cereals can cost you 13% of your canola yield. Higher weed pressure can cost you almost half your yield.
Nothing compares to Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola. It gets weeds that other canola systems could miss. And, with fewer weeds in the picture, all you'll see is yield.
Earlier Seeding
With Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola you don't have to delay seeding for cultural weed control or wait for activation of soil incorporated herbicides. Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola also simplifies canola production because it:
- Fits all tillage systems, including direct seeding.
- Provides an opportunity to plant higher-yielding, later-maturing Argentine varieties in traditional Polish canola growing areas.
- Reduces the risk of delayed flowering due to excessive heat.
- Lets you gain at least a 7 to 10 day maturity advantage, allowing for an earlier harvest. Source: Scott Experimental Farm in Saskatchewan.
- Reduces the risk of a fall frost and helps to spread out your harvest.
- Takes the complication out of weed/crop staging..
Simplifies Canola Production
With Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola, you get broad spectrum weed control with just one easy in-crop application of Roundup WeatherMAX® herbicide. Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola simplifies canola production in other important ways:
- Wide window of application, from crop emergence to 6-leaf stage (pre-bolting). When Roundup WeatherMAX is sprayed in-crop, leaf-staging is not an issue, so there's less risk of missing your spraying window.
- Helps reduce fuel consumption and wear and tear on equipment.
- Eliminates seeding or reseeding restrictions, giving you more crop rotation options.
- RRC offers fewer weed staging restrictions than any other system spray when it¹s best for your canola, not your weeds.
Broadest Spectrum Weed Control
In-crop spraying 0.33 litre/acre of Roundup WeatherMAX provides better control of a broader spectrum of weeds, more consistently, than herbicides used with other canola systems, including herbicide tolerant canola.
Cleanest Canola Possible
With Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola you have the option to follow up with an economical second application of Roundup WeatherMAX to catch later-germinating weeds.
A second application will control late flushes of annual weeds such as green foxtail, cleavers and wild mustard.
You get season long control of Canada thistle and perennial sow thistle.
Superior Weed Control This Year and Next
When you get the superior weed control of Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola this season, you also set the stage for reduced weed pressure and increased yields next season. With the Roundup Ready system, you're not just fighting back against weeds, you're taking a proactive management approach to control weeds and setting up for maximum yield year after year.
Outstanding Genetics Lineup
There are over 50 different canola options form 12 different seed brands that carry the Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola trait. The Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola system offers the broadest range of genetics from the reliability of high performing, lower-cost open-pollinated napus products to some exciting new napus hybrid products.
The 2008 data is in and based on 52 field scale trials from 2007 and 2008 the Yield Ready hybrids show a yield advantage of 1.2%* over the Liberty Link® check. The Yield Ready® hybrids for 2009 are 71-45 RR, 72-55 RR, 46P50, 45H26, 45H28, v1035 and 9553. Yield Ready® hybrids are the standard of excellence for elite Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Canola genetics. Only the highest performing Roundup Ready® hybrids qualify for the Yield Ready designation, meeting stringent performance levels to maximize yields and representing some of the very best canola genetics on the market. For more information about Yield Ready hybrids please visit www.yieldready.ca.
*Based on 52 Yield Ready trials in 2007 and 2008. 5020 was included in both years (n=52), and 5440 in 2008 only (n=35). 71-45 RR, 45H26, V1035 and 46P50 were included in both years (n=52), and 72-55 RR (n=36), 45H28 (n=36), and 9553 (n=18) in 2008 only.
