Multi-resistant oil radish
CONTRA
Specialist for vegetable crop rotations
Benefits:
- Multi-resistant oil radish for a healthy soil - suitable for all crop rotations, even intensive crops and vegetables
- Resistance against Beet Cyst Nematodes - resistance level 2+. Reduction of Heterodera schachtii and officially tested effect against Meloidogyne chitwoodi
- CONTRA allows efficient reduction of Meloidogyne hapla (Northern Root Knot Nematode) in organic crop rotations with a high ratio of clover and carrots
- No multiplication of Stem and Bulb Nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) and bad host of Pratylenchus nematodes in sandy soils
- Strong and leafy initial development in combination with a low flowering tendency for a long period
Variety characteristics:
(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)
| Initial mass formation: | 6 |
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| Tendency to flower: | 3 |
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| Stiffness: | 6 |
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| Resistance against Heterodera schachtii: | Resistance level: 2 |
Crop rotation suitability:
| Maize | ++ |
| Cereals | ++ |
| Oilseed rape | + |
| Sugar beets | ++ |
| Potatoes | ++ |
| Intensive crops | ++ |
| Legumes | ++ |
| + suitable / ++ strongly recommended | |
Usage:
- Multi-resistant
- Reduction of Beet Cyst Nematodes
- Reduction of Tobacco Rattle Virus
- Green manure
- Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
- Mulch sowing
- Humus formation
- Protection against erosion
- Biofumigation
Agronomic features:
| Weed suppression: | 8 |
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| Protection against erosion: | 8 |
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| Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: | 8 |
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| Humus formation: | 7 |
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| Cold- and frost resistance: | 4 |
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| Drought tolerance: | 7 |
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| Type of root | Tap root |
| Rooting depth | 180 cm |
Cultivation recommendations:
| Recommended sowing rate | 25 - 30 kg/ha |
| Sowing depth | 2 - 3 cm |
| Sowing period | July till early Sept. In vegetable growing from May - it takes 6 - 8 weeks of vegetation in order to get a reduction. |
| Fertilization | 40 - 60 kg N/ha |
| Crop protection | Usually there is no plant protection required. |
| Sowing method | In order to gain a fast and even development of the oil radish plants, drilling after careful soil preparation is recommended. |
13.08.2025 15:11:57 // 24.00 - Breeder: P. H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
