Especially gram cultivation has high yield potential, but it is crucial to use technologies to bridge the gap between this potential and the actual yield achieved in the field. Weed control plays an important role in achieving high crop yields, and the need for specific technologies for gram cultivation is a priority.
Following its motto of “Beyond Performance”, Nuseed Seed has been investing globally over the years in developing not only yield-enhancing genetics, but also technologies that add value and provide solutions throughout the production chain.
Palladium is a technology developed by Nuseed, which pursues its corporate mission of allowing control of weeds in corn and rapeseed, providing resistance to herbicides of the imidazolinone family. It is a non-GMO technology because it is created through mutation.
“Palladium helps clean corn and rapeseed fields with an already planted crop, providing producers with a technical solution to the weed problem. It can be applied before and after crop growth, making it particularly useful for weed control,” explained Nuseed Development Manager Orlando Vellas.
Currently, Nuseed Semillas offers the technology in its sorghum portfolio with the first commercial hybrid with this resistance: Nugrain 30N50 P.
Nucrine 30N50 P is a hybrid of grain corn with intermediate-long cycle and high tannin content, recommended for high-tech plantings and high yield potential, with palladium technology that provides resistance to imidazolinones.
In addition to this product, NuSeed is working to introduce this technology in key segments of sorghum cultivation such as dual purpose and grain sorghum hybrids.
“Like any technology applied to crops, it's important to remember that palladium requires responsible and sustainable management,” explains Nuseed corn breeder Diego Trutto. “Although hybrids are resistant to imidazolinones, this indicates that monitoring plays a fundamental role in making the decision to use herbicide if weeds are present. Herbicides should be tools for strategic and responsible management, which is why a rotation of different active ingredients will result in a longer life of the technology.”
Nuseed's recommendations include a good fallow on the lawn and a pre-emergence application with atrazine to avoid broadleaf weeds, along with Imazetapir to control grasses. “It is important to carry out monitoring, if necessary, apply imacetapyr at the crop stage with 3 developed leaves when observing the presence of weeds. It is an excellent adjunct for weed control during the crop in sorghum, mainly in grasses. Cultivated” notes Orlando Vellas.
In an environment of high demand for gram, palladium technology offers agricultural producers a solution to control weeds in this crop, achieve better results and narrow the yield gap.
