White mustard Gracja
Special features of white mustard Gracja
- Very high seed yield, up to 109% of the pattern in COBORU tests in 2018, up to 1200 kg seeds/ha!
- Leaves a good site for the successor crop, has a nematode control effect – very high nematode control performance confirmed by testing. Reduces beet cyst nematode population by 29.6%. A particularly valuable trait for sugar beet cultivation.
Other information
- It shows very good health against black spot and powdery mildew.
- Medium-late variety, resistant to lodging.
- It presents sensational seed quality parameters, with a very high TSW. The glucosinolate and sinalbin content is lower than references.
- Beneficially affects the phytosanitary status of the soil and the physical properties of the soil (mustard has deep roots).
- Can be used for seed harvesting or grown as a stubble intercrop. Plants have a very fast growth rate and a short vegetation period.
- Produces a very large vegetative mass that shades the soil and reduces weed growth.
Testing conducted in 2020 on beet cyst nematode-infested soil showed that the variety Gracja was effective in reducing the beet nematode population when grown over a 3-month growing season. It is confirmed that Gracja mustard does not multiply beet cyst nematodes in the soil, as is the case with older mustard varieties. Gracja stood out with high yields of fresh weight of the above-ground part of the plants and high total biomass yields, which corresponded to two-thirds of the medium dose of cattle manure introduced into the soil under root crops (35 t. of fresh mass/ha).
The biomass yields of this variety stood out for its high potential fertilizer value and can largely replace the fertilizing effect of cattle manure, as a fertilizer that is increasingly difficult to find.