LSPB’s first full year of marketing their varieties in
their own right has given the company a flying start with
three of their oilseed rape varieties added to the 2011
HGCA Recommended List and similar success with PGRO Pulse
Recommended Lists.

“Sesame has been added to the HGCA oilseed rape RL and is
the highest yielding oilseed rape variety on the east/west
list at 110% of controls, 3% ahead of the nearest
conventional variety in the region,” says Theo Labuda,
LSPB’s Managing Director.

“Also our hybrid variety, Palace, has been recommended for
the east and west region, with its ‘7’ score for light leaf
spot resistance seen as a big plus.  This is a disease that
is recognised as a threat to an increased number of crops
in the east and west region. “Our third HGCA RL addition is
the club root resistant Cracker, which has been recommended
for the east/west region.  The variety is a significant
yield improvement over Mendel and has effectively replaced
Mendel in Scotland this season.  Gross output is 97% of
controls with a ‘9’ for light leaf spot resistance,
outshining Mendel’s gross output of 92% .   

“Our oilseed rape RL success has been echoed in the PGRO
Pulse Recommended Lists with, for example, our spring bean
Fury becoming the highest yielding variety on that list, a
clear 5% above the current market leader Fuego” adds Mr
Labuda.