Farmers in Western Canada will have 11 new canola hybrids to choose from next year, courtesy of BASF, BrettYoung, Cargill, Dekalb, Proven Seed and Corteva’s Pioneer and Brevant seed brands. Here’s our annual list of new canola releases for 2024.
BASF
InVigor Health L358HPC offers close to a 10 per cent yield improvement over InVigor L258HPC. This hybrid also features first-generation clubroot resistance, great standability and patented pod shatter reduction technology.
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BrettYoung
BY 6216TF is a TruFlex hybrid offering full season yield performance, very good standability and next generation clubroot and blackleg protection. This DefendR-rated product contains a unique blackleg major resistance gene (Rlm7), which is effective against the predominant blackleg race AvrLm7.
Cargill
V25-6T is a Victory canola that offers yield stability and the most flexible swath timing in the Victory lineup. This TruFlex hybrid also features an excellent disease protection package, which includes clubroot resistance and season-long polygenic blackleg resistance.
Corteva: Brevant
B3017N with the LibertyLink trait is a new high yielding and early maturing canola hybrid from Corteva Agriscience’s clubroot development program that provides growers with a new source of clubroot resistance (CR7) to both 3A and 3D pathotypes. It also includes strong adult-plant blackleg resistance.
B4015 is a high yielding canola hybrid with the Optimum GLY herbicide tolerance trait. It comes with a new source of clubroot resistance (CR3) as well as strong adult plant blackleg resistance.
Corteva: Pioneer
P510G with the Optimum GLY herbicide tolerance trait offers excellent yield potential along with both clubroot (CR3) and sclerotinia resistance traits. It also features strong adult blackleg resistance.
P511G with the Optimum GLY herbicide tolerance trait comes with excellent yield potential, clubroot resistance (CR3), strong adult blackleg resistance and harvesting options.
P515G with the Optimum GLY herbicide tolerance trait offers excellent yield potential, clubroot resistance (CR1), strong adult blackleg resistance and harvesting options.
P516L is a new LibertyLink canola hybrid with excellent yield potential. It features a new source of clubroot resistance (CR6), strong adult blackleg resistance, good resistance against verticillium stripe and harvesting options.
Dekalb
DK903TF is a TruFlex canola offering high yield potential with strong disease protection, along with the specialty oil characteristics of a higher oleic and lower linolenic acid oil profile. It also features the Straight Cut Plus trait for improved pod integrity and enhanced pod shatter protection. DK903TF is only available through Richardson Pioneer for the 2024 season.
DK400TL is Dekalb’s first TruFlex canola with the LibertyLink trait. It includes both clubroot resistance against current predominant pathotypes and the Straight Cut Plus trait, while also delivering a high yield potential.
Proven Seed
PV 661 LCM is Proven Seed’s newest LibertyLink canola hybrid, which provides yield performance in all growing zones across Western Canada. It also offers harvest management for straight cutting under the right environmental conditions, as well as multigenic clubroot resistance.
PV 881 OCM features Optimum GLY trait technology, which allows flexible herbicide applications without affecting yield potential, and multigenic clubroot resistance. PV 881 OCM also provides harvest flexibility for delayed swathing or straight cutting under the right environmental conditions.
