The Central Research Center for Cultivated Plant Varieties annually develops recommended varieties for individual provinces. These are the so-called Lists of Recommended Varieties. This year is no different.
Which rapeseed varieties are recommended for sowing in 2024?
This year's LOZ list includes as many as 41 varieties of winter rapeseed. F1 varieties, or hybrids, dominate. There are as many as 34 of them, while only seven are population varieties.
The most frequently recommended variety, in 14 provinces, is the DK Excited variety. In thirteen regions, the following are recommended: Aurelia and LG Aviron. In 12: Artemis and Derrick.
The residents of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship (19 varieties), Silesian Voivodeship (18 varieties) and Łódź Voivodeship (18 varieties) have the most to choose from. The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship has the fewest, only six. And the LOZ for Małopolska has not been developed at all.
It is also worth knowing that the DK Exima and Umberto KWS varieties come from the Community Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plants (CCA) and are not registered in our country. In turn, varieties such as Crocant, LG Alltamira, LG Anarion and LG Skorpion are characterized by resistance to clubroot confirmed in research by the Institute of Plant Protection of the National Research Institute.
It should also be noted here that from this season, i.e. 2024/2025, the List of Recommended Varieties is an important recommendation for rapeseed growers who cultivate rapeseed in the Integrated Production (IP) system.
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Winter rapeseed LOZ 2024 for individual provinces (F1 for hybrid varieties)
- Lower Silesia: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Ambassador F1, LG Areti F1, LG Arnold F1, Absolut F1, LG Skorpion F1, Batis F1, Gemini, DK Exima F1, Metropol F1;
- Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, LG Areti F1, LG Arnold F1, Bahus (preliminarily recommended), KWS Granos F1, Akilah F1, Tom (preliminarily recommended);
- Lublin: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Bahus (preliminarily recommended), LG Anarion F1, Gemini, Dynamic F1, Mars, Kwazar;
- Lubuskie: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, LG Areti F1, LG Arnold F1, Absolut F1, LG Skorpion F1, Temptation F1;
- Lodz: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, Absolut F1, Bahus (preliminarily recommended), KWS Granos F1, Batis F1, DK Exaura F1 (preliminarily recommended variety), LG Auckland F1 (preliminarily recommended variety), Tom (preliminarily recommended variety); KWS Lauros F1 (preliminarily recommended variety), Jurek F1 (preliminarily recommended variety), Aganos F1, Dominator F1, Kepler;
- mazowieckie: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Ambassador F1, Absolut F1, Bahus (preliminary recommended variety), DK Exaura F1 (preliminary recommended variety), LG Auckland F1 (preliminary recommended variety), Tom (preliminary recommended variety), Crocant F1 (preliminary recommended variety), DK Excentric F1 (preliminary recommended variety), LG Apollonia F1 (preliminary recommended variety), Manhattan F1 (preliminary recommended variety), Pirol F1 (preliminary recommended variety);
- Opole: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, LG Areti F1, LG Arnold F1, Akilah F1, Dynamic F1;
- Podkarpackie: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, LG Areti F1, Absolut F1, LG Skorpion F1, LG Anarion F1, Dynamic F1,
- Podlaskie: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, LG Areti F1, Bahus (preliminary recommended variety), LG Anarion F1;
- Pomerania: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, LG Arnold F1, LG Skorpion F1, KWS Granos F1, DK Exaura F1 (preliminary recommended variety), LG Anarion F1, LG Auckland F1 (preliminary recommended variety), KWS Lauros F1 (preliminary recommended variety), DK Exima F1, PT297 F1;
- Silesian: DK Excited F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, LG Areti F1, LG Arnold F1, LG Skorpion F1, KWS Granos F1, Akilah F1, Batis F1, DK Exaura F1 (preliminary recommended variety), LG Auckland F1 (preliminary recommended variety), Tom (preliminary recommended variety), KWS Lauros F1 (preliminary recommended variety), Jurek F1 (preliminary recommended variety), Metropol F1, Tempation F1, Condor F1 (preliminary recommended variety);
- Świętokrzyskie: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, LG Areti F1;
- Warmia-Masuria: DK Excited F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, LG Areti F1, LG Arnold F1, LG Scorpion F1, Bahus (preliminary recommended variety), KWS Granos F1, Batis F1, DK Exaura F1 (preliminary recommended variety), LG Anarion F1, LG Auckland F1 (preliminary recommended variety), Tom (preliminary recommended variety), KWS Lauros F1 (preliminary recommended variety), Jurek F1 (preliminary recommended variety);
- Greater Poland: DK Excited F1, Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, LG Areti F1, LG Arnold F1, Absolut F1, Akilah F1;
West Pomeranian Voivodeship: Aurelia F1, LG Aviron F1, Artemis F1, Derrick, Ambassador F1, LG Areti F1, Absolut F1, LG Skorpion F1, KWS Granos F1, Akilah F1, Batis F1, Gemini, DK Exima F1, Mars, PT297 F1, Astana F1, ES Desiro F1, LG Alltamira F1, Umberto KWS F1.
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