KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA is further expanding its innovation leadership in sugarbeet seeds with the introduction of combination varieties. With this year's growing season, highly innovative varieties are available in several European countries that combine the advantages of the CONVISO®?
SMART system with the high Cercospora protection of CR+. With the slogan "The ultimate DUO", KWS advertisementises the combination of these two important product segments. The new varieties will be offered in the 2025 growing season in the markets of Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Romania and Slovakia, with other markets to follow in the coming years.
Additional information: The CONVISO®?SMART system, developed by KWS and Bayer CropScience, offers an efficient and sustainable way to control weeds in sugarbeet cultivation. The use of the system can increase the effectiveness of sugarbeet compared to classic weed control and at the same time reduce the number of treatments and the application rate of herbicides and thus chemical pesticides. CR+ varieties offer a powerful additional tool to combat Cercospora, a leaf disease in sugarbeet cultivation that can lead to yield losses of up to 50%.
About two-thirds of the world's cultivated area is at risk of moderate to high Cercospora pressure. observations show that the disease is conquering new territory by spreading from south to north in the long term.
