b'2 0 2 020 MOST innovativeplant varietiesVARIETY: ES ALICIACROP: RAPESEEDBREEDER: LIDEAES Alicia is the earliest rapeseed variety on the market. It has the particularity of flower-ing about 10 days before all other varieties. And the innovative concept is that this variety is mixed in the same bag with another variety: ES Capello in a ready to use mixture of up to 93% ES Capello and 7% ES Alicia. This concept is called Capello Protect and is an alternative solution for controlling insect pests such as pollen beetles, which consume the flower buds of rapeseed and cause significant yield losses. These insects will be attracted to the flowers of ES Alicia and therefore will much less attack the main variety ES Capello, so ES Alicia plays the role of a natural trap. This biological control makes it possible to avoid the need for an insecticide treatment and therefore to pro-tect the user (farmer) and auxiliary insects (bees, other pollinators, etc.).VARIETY: FABIANCROP: RYEGRASSBREEDER: DLFThe variety Fabian is one of the compa-nys advanced turf tetraploid perennialVARIETY: FIAMMETTA KWS VARIETY: FITISryegrass varieties, so-called 4turf. This 4turfCROP: SUGAR BEET CROP: SUGAR BEETrepresents a giant step in turf breeding withBREEDER: KWS BREEDER: SES VANDERHAVEsignificant improved tolerance for diseasesThe variety Fiammetta KWS is consideredThe variety Fitis was registered in February and drought stress. The variety has a turfa breakthrough in breeding for Cercospora 2021 in Germany as a nematode resist- quality and a high density that is challeng- tolerance in sugar beet and is the first varietyant variety with strong tolerance against ing some of the best turf diploid perennialout of the highly innovative KWS CR+ productSyndrome basses richesses or simply SBR. ryegrasses. In addition, it has both a bettergeneration. In contrast to other sugar beetThis disease is known for strongly reducing adaptability and stress tolerance thanvarieties with current Cercospora sugar content (up to 30%) and root yield intolerance, turf diploid perennial ryegrasses. In sportthis variety combines a new, very high levelsugar beet. SBR symptoms include yellow-mixtures the variety is a crucial component,of Cercospora ing of older leaves, lanceolate asymmetrictolerance while maintaining a to cope with diseases and drought. Droughtvery high yield performance. Cercospora young leaves and necrosis of vascular rootis tolerance is an important factor in sporta fungal disease that causes major damagebundles and can easily be confused with field management and having drought tol- to roughly two-thirds of the global sugarbeetother biotic or abiotic stresses. The disease erant turf allows professional turf managersacreage worldwide. The impact is that theis a real threat for the continuity of sugar to limit pitch irrigation, which is a key pointamount of fungicides previously used tobeet growing in regions infected by SBR. in reducing the risks of disease attacks andcombat this leaf disease can be reducedSpreading of the disease is facilitated by the best way to reduce annual bluegrass. significantly. It represents an excellent exam- two plant pathogenic bacteria and trans-ple of how the companys breeding workmitted by the planthopper Pentastiridius contributes to sustainable cultivation andleporinus. Since control of the planthopper ensures productivity and competitiveness ofis considered to be impossible, the com-sugarbeet cropping. pany explored the possibilities of a genetic solution. This variety is the first genetic solution for farmers and sugar industry in areas suffering from SBR. 22IEUROPEAN SEEDIEUROPEAN-SEED.COM'