Canola

Yara's crop nutrition programmes for oilseed rape can help you to achieve excellent crop performance and maximise the yield and quality of all oilseed crops.

Thirteen mineral elements are essential to canola nutrition as with most higher plants.

The key components of yield in oilseed rape are number of plants per unit area, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and the individual seed weight.

The construction of the oilseed rape canopy and development of green area index is greatly influenced by nutrition, starting with ensuring the availability of the key nutrients through fertiliser application at drilling through to the spring and beyond with applications of the key nutrients in line with crop demand.

A healthy crop is the key to high yields and high quality of the end product.

Glucosinolates are secondary plant metabolites that occur naturally in all brassica species, organic compounds derived from glucose and amino acids containing sulphur and nitrogen.

The oil content in an oilseed rape crop depends on seeds per pod, pods per plant and plant per area.

The oilseed rape canopy should be kept green for as long as possible to ensure maximum seed fill.

Achieving the required quality targets for oilseed rape can greatly affect the value of the harvested crop, depending on the intended market.