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Why do I love Astrid? Follow the Astrid story for many good reasons... Not only do I love Astrid but you can too!! HGCA Recommended, Highest Yielding*, Top Phoma (Stem Canker) Rating... read on for more good reasons to lose your heart to Astrid |
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Combines love Astrid because... Astrid is the highest yielding variety in HGCA Harvest Results 2004 Astrid stands strong and is short, maximising the opportunity for direct combining, improving combine throughput and minimising grain moisture. Low biomass Astrid has more air-flow in th ecrop canopy reducing pod diseases and aiding grain dry down |
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Increasing Incidence of Phoma (Stem Canker) The maps and charts above show that the trend is for increasing Phoma (Stem Canker) losses. The central and eastern parts of the country are where the majority of cases are located. This is where the majority 60% of Oilseed Rape is grown. |
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Agronomists Love Astrid because... With it’s unique multi-gene resistance to Phoma (Stem Canker) Astrid can save you loss of crop at harvest therefore money. Growing a stem canker resistant variety can save you up to £80/ha in loss. Astrid is late to flower thus avoiding damage by late frosts but boasts rapid grain maturity giving early harvest. |
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Plenty of good reasons to love Astrid... I am sure that you by now have seen many good reasons to love Astrid too. If you would like a CD presentation of the whole Astrid story please contact us by email or telephone 01379 873377 |
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Data extracted from HGCA database. Full results available at www.hgca.com |
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