Excalibur - Restored Hybrid Winter Oilseed Rape

Key Benefits

• Excellent yields giving consistently high gross output
• High level of hybrid vigour aiding good establishment under difficult conditions
• Early maturity makes Excalibur particularly suited to the northern region
• Excellent stem canker and light leaf spot resistance making Excalibur suitable for all regions

• Excellent seed yield and high gross output

Source: HGCA Recommended List 2006
Mean of treated controls; Fortis, Recital, Disco and Winner

Disease Resistance

• Excalibur has excellent all round disease resistance
• With good levels of stem canker resistance Excalibur is an improvement over existing hybrids
• Excalibur has good light leaf spot resistance making it suitable for the Northern Region

Combined Disease Resistance

Agronomy

• Excalibur is early maturing making it suitable for the northern region
• Excalibur is a medium-stiff strawed variety and is shorter than most hybrids providing good lodging resistance
• In common with most hybrid types Excalibur has a very vigorous growth habit

Source: HGCA Recommended List 2006
Mean of treated controls; Fortis, Recital, Disco and Winner

To achieve optimum results from the variety careful attention to crop nutrition and plant growth regulation is recommended; discuss with your agronomist.

Drilling Rates

• Aim for a target spring population of 40 plants per m 2
• Seed rate will vary with seedbed conditions and estimated plant losses over winter
• Drilling rate will normally range from 55 - 70 seeds per m 2

All information is a partial extraction from the Monsanto website and also the HGCA Recommended List 2007/8. See www.monsanto-ag.co.uk and also www.hgca.com for the full dataset