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Castille
Conventional Oilseed Rape
Key Benefits
- A unique combination of consistently high yield and low biomass
- Good all round disease resistance
- Low biomass limits lodging and allows direct cutting to reduce harvest costs
- Good autumn vigour ensures reliable establishment
Yield and Gross Output
- Castille has been the UK’s number one pure line Oilseed Rape variety for the last five years
- Castille is more consistent than many other varieties
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Castille continues to demonstrate consistent performance with high stable yields
Disease Resistance
- Castille has good resistance to Stem Canker which is increasingly important with tighter oilseed rotations
- Castille produces consistent high yields even when Stem Canker pressure is high
Agronomy
- Castille is a low biomass type with a short straw habit
- It has an excellent lodging resistance
- It shows medium to early flowering and medium to early maturity
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Low biomass leads to faster and earlier harvesting with less straw to chop and lower fuel bills
Drilling Rates
- Aim for an even spring population of 50-60 plants per m²
- Target seed rate depends on expected establishment and winter losses
- Seedbed quality, previous cropping and agronomic factors need to be considered with the aid of local knowledge and experience
- Drill by target seed number (seeds per square metre), not seed weight
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