Crios is a newly recommended clubroot resistant variety for the UK, sitting as the second highest yielding variety within this group and providing a great combination of high yields, high oil content and bringing a notable improvement in light leaf spot resistance clearly missing within this sector.
Has the highest agronomic merit score of any clubroot variety on the AHDB recommended list for the north.
Whilst Crios is recommended for the north, it has performed exceptionally across all areas of the UK and its range of attributes make it a first-choice variety in any clubroot area.
We believe Crios is the best combination of yield, oil content, lodging and disease resistance on the market within the clubroot sector and shows a real return to form for the breeder RAGT.
Clubroot tolerant oilseed rape varieties are capable of tolerating the more common strains of the clubroot pathogen but new strains are evolving constantly so complete resistance is not possible. Good agronomic practice such as longer cropping rotations, maintaining soils at pH7, delaying drilling and reducing the prevalence of hosts such as brassica based cover crops as well as using a clubroot tolerant oilseed rape variety will all help to reduce the damaging effects of this disease.