Bulletin 4869
Replaces Bulletin 4859
September 2015
ISSN No. 183 7366
Canola variety guide for Western Australia
- Triazine tolerant
- Triazine tolerant with Roundup Ready ® (TT+RR)
- Roundup Ready® (RR) and
- Clearfield (CL) canola varieties
This ‘accessible’ version of the Canola variety guide was produced for best use of screen readers.This has necessitated omitting the scatter graphs of variety production value, although the results are fully discussed here.
For all other uses of the Canola variety guide, please refer to the pdf version.
Contents
Current canola varieties in WesternAustralia (2014)
The National VarietyTrial scheme
NVT dataanalysis
EarlyandMidmaturitytrialseries
Oildata
Blackleg data
AgronomyoftheNVT’s
Agzones
Triazine tolerant and triazine tolerant + Roundup Ready® varieties
Roundup Ready® canola varieties
Clearfield canola varieties
By Jackie Bucat, Mark Seymour, Bob French, Raj Malik, Sally Sprigg, Martin Harries and Vanessa Stewart
Acknowledgements
This publication and the Tactical Break CropAgronomy Project are co-funded by Department of Agriculture and Food, WesternAustralia (DAFWA) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).
The data in this publication was provided by;
•GRDC National VarietyTesting (NVT)
•GRDC Fact Sheet 2015Spring Blackleg Management Guide
•CBH Group
Thanks to Neale Sutton atACAS Limited for assistance with data.
Disclaimer
The Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Food and the State of Western Australia accept no liability whatsoever by reason of negligence or otherwise from use or release of this information or any part of it.
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Current canola varieties inWesternAustralia (2014)
Triazine Tolerant varieties accounted for the vast majority of canola grown in Western Australia (WA) (79%) in 2014, even though there was a slight decline in favour of Roundup Ready® varieties.
Table 1 Canola herbicide systems in WA
Herbicide system / 2012/13 (%) / 2013/14 (%) / 2014/15 (%)Triazine tolerant (TT) / 87 / 83 / 79
Roundup Ready (RR) / 8 / 13 / 19
Clearfield (CL) / 4 / 3 / 2
Conventional (CC) / 1 / 1 / 0
Table 1 data courtesy of CBH Group. Data is the percentage area of each herbicide system that was planned to be sown, in each growing season.
Almost all Triazine tolerant (TT) canola is open pollinated, this was 98% of the TT area in 2014. Conversely, hybrid varieties were 92% of all Roundup Ready ® canola. Seventy four percent of the Clearfield area was hybrid varieties in 2014.
Open pollinated, Triazine Tolerant canola varieties remain the most important group for WAgrowers, they accounted for 78% of the WA canola crop in 2014 (Table 1).
Table 2 Open pollinated and hybrid canola in WA
Herbicide system / Open pollinated (%) / Hybrid (%)Triazine tolerant (TT) / 98 / 2
Roundup Ready (RR) / 8 / 92
Clearfield (CL) / 26 / 74
Conventional (CC) / 72 / 28
Table 2 data courtesy of CBH Group. Data is the open pollinatedand hybrid percentage area of each herbicide system, which was planned to be sown in the 2014 growing season.
The four most widely grown canola varieties were Triazine Tolerant and together accounted for fifty seven percent of the canola area in 2014 (Table3). Stingray was the most popular canola variety in WA during 2014. Its area increased to nearly 28%. Hyola 404RR was the most widelygrown Roundup Ready® variety, at 7% of the WA canola area. The most popular Clearfield variety was Pioneer® 45Y86CL, at 0.4%.
Table 3 Area sown to all canola varieties in WA in 2013 and 2014
Variety / Tolerance / Type / 2013 % ha / 2014 % haATR Stingray / TT / OP / 19.3 / 27.7
Crusher TT / TT / OP / 23.0 / 13.4
ATR Gem / TT / OP / 3.8 / 8.8
ATR Cobbler / TT / OP / 14.6 / 7.1
Hyola 404RR / RR / Hybrid / 7.5 / 7.0
ATR Snapper / TT / OP / 6.7 / 5.6
Nuseed GT-50 / RR / Hybrid / 0.9 / 4.2
Sturt TT / TT / OP / 0.3 / 3.5
Jackpot TT / TT / OP / 3.3 / 3.0
Telfer / TT / OP / 5.1 / 2.6
Pioneer 43Y23 (RR) / RR / Hybrid / 1.9 / 2.6
ATR Bonito / TT / OP / 1.9
Table 3Data courtesy of CBH Group. Varieties shown are > 1.8% of planned canola crop area in 2014.
The National VarietyTrial scheme
Each year the NVT scheme coordinates approximately one hundred and seventy canola variety trials, in sixty four locations around Australia. GRDC funds the National Varieties scheme. All trial results are on the NVT website, nvtonline.com.au.
This report presents the results from the WA National variety trials from 2010 to 2014. There were 187 successful canola NVT trials in WA during this period.
There are approximately forty trials per year, distributed in more than twenty locations. The WA trials comprise a mix of Triazine Tolerant (TT), Triazine Tolerant with Roundup Ready® (TT+RR), Roundup Ready® (RR) and Clearfield (CL) trials. Conventional canola is no longer included in WA NVT trials.
There are many varieties in each NVT trial, typically comprising current and older varieties, new experimental varieties and some specialty varieties (e.g. Monola). Only the results from current varieties are shown in this report.
NVT dataanalysis
The first stage of NVT data analysis is to produce core statistics for individual trials. These include the trial mean (or average) yield, predicted yield for each variety in the experiment and a weighting of how valuable or valid the result is. Where multiple herbicide tolerance trials are at one location, they are analysed together to reduce the variability in the results.
The trial mean yield is calculated from the average of all varieties in the trial, (current varieties, older varieties, test lines and specialty lines).
There are three replicates in each trial. The performance of an individual variety in each replicate contributes to its overall predicted yield. The similarity of the variety performance ineach replicate contributes to its weighting. The more similar the replicates were, the higher the weighting for that variety in that trial. Conversely, if there were issues with a variable site or variable establishment or if a single replicatewas affected by insects, there may be larger differences in the replicates. This would result in a lower weighting, reflecting a lower value of this trial result.
The data for the trial mean yield and the ‘single site predicted yields’ is available from NVT online under the ‘current trial results’ tab.
The second stage of NVT analysis combines the results of all the single site analyses to produce a long term Multi Environment Trial (MET) predicted yield (or long term MET predicted yield). Resultsof all trials in Australia are combined to generate the ‘long term MET predicted yield’ for each variety in each trial. In addition, a long term MET predicted yield is also generated for varieties that were not actually grown in these trials. This data is particularly valuable for the canola industry, with the rapid cycling of new varieties, meaning that variety yield estimates are not penalised ifthe variety was not included in high yielding trials.
The second stage analysis also measures the difference between the predicted yield of each variety and the average trial yield. This is the comparative yield or Production Value (PV). Usually, as average trial yields go up, so dothe yields of varieties in that trial. To compare varieties, we want to predict which variety increases more than another one. Measuring the PV allows us to isolate and compare thisdifference and is the best prediction of variety. The long term MET predicted yield is the sum of the trial mean yield and the production value.
Finally, an Agzone average long term MET predicted yield is calculated. This data is available from NVTonline under the ‘Long term results’ tab. In this report, the long term METaverage yield is presented as a percentage of the yield of a standard variety.
EarlyandMidmaturitytrialseries
There are two groups of trials in the NVT, themid-maturity and early maturity series. Both sets of trials have similar sowing and harvest times and have a similar complement of varieties, although there may be several early maturity varieties in the early series that are not tested in the mid series, or vice versa. The main difference between the series is that the trials are locatedin areas suited to their maturity, with the majority of early series trials in Agzone 1 and 5, while all mid season trials are in Agzone 2, 3 or 6.
The early season trials from Agzone 1 and 5 are included in the tables and figures, along with the mid season trials of Agzone 2, 3 and 6. Data for the early season trials in Agzone 2, and the few early trials of Agzone 3 and 4 are available from nvtonline.com.au.
Oildata
The oil data presented is not as reliable as the yield data. A single sample from each variety in each trial is tested for oil, with the simple average presented in the results. As with the yield data, results from many trials are more reliable than results from few trials.
Blackleg data
The blackleg information is provided from the GRDC Fact Sheet, 2015 Blackleg management guide. Please refer to this for further information about the importance of blackleg ratings, resistance groups and management of blackleg. It is available online.
AgronomyoftheNVT’s
All NVT trials are treated with Impact-in-Furrow®, at a rate of 400 mL/ha.
The seeding rates are adjusted to target 30 plants/m2 in Agzone 1 and 5 and 50 plants/m2 in Agzone 2, 3 and 6.
Agzones
Agzones have been developed to group together environmental regions that give similar crop performance.
Agzone 1 is the northern medium and high rainfall area, including Mingenew, Geraldton and Northampton. Agzone 2 is the northern/central medium rainfall area, including Coorow, Northam and Wagin. Agzone 3 is the southern/central high and medium rainfall areas including Williams and Kojonup. Agzone 4 is the north/central low rainfall area, east of Mullewa and Merredin. Agzone 5 is the southern low and medium rainfall area, including Newdegate and Salmon Gums. Agzone 6 is the south coast high rainfall area, including Wellstead and Gibson.
Figure 1 Agzones of Western Australia
Triazine tolerant and triazine tolerant + Roundup Ready® varieties
There are several good options for Triazine Tolerant (TT) canola varieties, although the number of releases of open pollinated varieties, and the performance gains, have not kept pace with hybrid varieties. Open pollinated canola remains the overwhelming grower choicefor Triazine Tolerant varieties (98% in 2014). However, hybrid varieties showed greater yield stability and a slight yield advantage over open pollinated varieties. Many of the varieties have very similar yield performance. A five percent difference in yield in Agzone 2, 5 or 6 is only around 70kg/ha.
OpenpollinatedTT varieties
Open pollinated varieties that have the best yields across the Agzones are Crusher TT and ATR Bonito. ATR Gem was also a good performerin Agzone 1, 3 and 6. ATR Bonito and ATR Gem have excellent oil yield and low risk blackleg ratings (MR). They have good yield stability, the best of the OP varieties. The few yield results from the newly released ATR Mako are excellent.
Crusher TT has a lower oil yield and a lower blackleg rating, it was not tested in 2015 ratings but was rated medium risk (MR-MS) in 2014.
ATR Stingray is the most commonly grown canola variety in WA, with 28% of all canola plantings in 2014 (and 35% of TT plantings). It was the highest yielding open pollinated variety in Agzone 5 and is a strong contender in Agzone2, 4 and 6, particularly in lower yielding situations. Although ATR Stingray has a high average long- term MET yield, its yields are variable.
Hybrid TT varieties
The hybrid varieties Hyola® 559TT and Hyola®450TT have the highest yields across the Agzones. Hyola® 650TT was in the longer season trials in Agzone 2, 3 and 6, where it performed very well.
Many of the Hyola® varieties out-yielded theopen pollinated varieties. The TT Hyola® varieties also showed very stable yields. The Hyola® TT varieties have a higher blackleg rating than the open pollinated varieties, and good oil yields.
Atomic (TT) is a standout performer in Agzone1 (only three trials). It is moderately susceptible to blackleg, and has lower oil than other varieties.
The average yield difference between the best open pollinated variety and the best hybrid variety in each Agzone is; 0.06t/ha in Agzone 2, 0.15t/ha in Agzone 3, 0.05t/ha in Agzone 5 and 0.18t/hain Agzone 6. There is a 0.23t/ha difference in Agzone 1, due to the excellent performance of Atomic (TT), however, this data is based on only three trials.
Hybrid TT+RR varieties
Hyola® 525RT® is competitive for yield and has excellent oil content. Hyola® 725RT® shows similar good results from the two NVT trials. They both have good blackleg ratings (R-MR) and are good options for yield performance, as well as improved weed control options.
Table 4 Area sown to TT canola varieties in WA in 2013 and 2014
Variety / 2013 / 2014ATR Stingray / 23 / 35
Crusher TT / 28 / 17
ATR Gem / 5 / 11
ATR Cobbler / 18 / 9
ATR Snapper / 8 / 7
Sturt TT / 0 / 4
Jackpot TT / 4 / 4
Telfer / 6 / 3
ATR Bonito / 2
Thumper TT / 1 / 2
Hyola® 559TT / 1 / 1
Stubby / 1 / 1
Tanami / 2 / 1
Hyola® 555 / 0 / 0
Thunder TT / 1 / 0
Table 4 data courtesy of CBH Group. Varieties shown are > 2% of planned canola crop area in 2014.
Table 5Triazine tolerant (TT) varieties; Commercial and agronomic information
OP Hy / Variety / Licensee / Release Year / Maturity / 2015Blackleg rating
(bare seed) / Blackleg resistance group
OP / ATR Bonito / Nuseed / 2013 / EM / MR / A
OP / ATR Cobbler / Nuseed / 2007 / E / **MS-S / B
OP / ATR Gem / Nuseed / 2011 / EM / MR / A
OP / ATR Mako / Nuseed / 2015 / EM / MR / A
OP / ATR Snapper / Nuseed / 2010 / EM / **MS-S / C
OP / ATR Stingray / Nuseed / 2010 / E / MR / C
OP / ATR Wahoo / Nuseed / 2013 / ML / MR / A
OP / Crusher TT / Pacific Seeds / 2010 / M / *MR-MS / A
OP / Jackpot TT / Pacific Seeds / 2011 / M / **MR
OP / Sturt (TT) / Pioneer® / 2012 / E / MS / -
OP / Telfer / Canola Breeders / 2008 / VE / **MS-S / B
OP / Yetna Convenient Canola / Agronomy for Profit / 2015 / - / - / -
Hy / Atomic (TT) / Pioneer® / 2012 / M / MS / AB
Hy / Hyola® 450TT / Pacific Seeds / 2013 / ME / R / ABD
Hy / Hyola® 559TT / Pacific Seeds / 2012 / M / R-MR / ABD
Hy / Hyola® 650TT / Pacific Seeds / 2013 / ML / R / ABE
Hy / Pioneer® 45T01 (TT) / Pioneer® / 2015 / Mid / MR-MS / AB
Hy / Hyola® 525RT® / Pacific Seeds / 2014 / M / R-MR / ABD
Hy / Hyola® 725RT® / Pacific Seeds / 2015 / ML / R-MR / ABD
Hy / 3000TR / Bayer / 2016 / E / ^MS / -
Table 5 data; * 2014 rating, ** 2013 rating, ^company provisional rating
Maturity: Information provided by licensees. Maturity Key; V/very, E/early, M/mid, L/late (Range: VE, E, EM, ME, M, ML, LM, L). Blackleg: Blackleg data provided from the GRDC 2015 Spring Blackleg Management Guide. Refer to this for further information. Blackleg rating key; R/resistant, MR/moderately resistant, MS/moderately susceptible, S/susceptible, VS/very susceptible.
Table 6a TT varieties Agzone 1; long term MET predicted yields as percentage of ATR Stingray (1 t/ha), oil% and number of trials (n).
Variety / Y% / oil% / nATR Bonito / 110 / - / 4
ATR Cobbler / 96 / 42.0 / 5
ATR Gem / 111 / - / 3
ATR Mako / - / - / -
ATR Snapper / 110 / 44.9 / 5
ATR Stingray / 100 / 42.5 / 7
ATR Wahoo / - / - / -
Crusher TT / 121 / 37.3 / 3
Jackpot TT / 111 / - / 2
Sturt (TT) / 108 / 41.9 / 6
Telfer / 85 / 42.8 / 6
Atomic (TT) / 144 / - / 3
Hyola® 450TT / - / - / -
Hyola® 559TT / 134 / 41.1 / 4
Hyola® 650TT / - / - / -
Pioneer® 45T01TT / - / - / -
Hyola® 525RT / - / - / -
Hyola® 725RT / - / - / -
Table 6b TT varieties Agzone 2; long term MET predicted yields as percentage of ATR Stingray (.51 t/ha), oil% and number of trials (n).
ATR Bonito / 105 / 43.7 / 19ATR Cobbler / 85 / 42.8 / 17
ATR Gem / 98 / 44.1 / 23
ATR Mako / 102 / 43.3 / 5
ATR Snapper / 95 / 45.8 / 16
ATR Stingray / 100 / 43.8 / 28
ATR Wahoo / 97 / 42.3 / 12
Crusher TT / 104 / 42.9 / 12
Jackpot TT / 93 / 41.0 / 7
Sturt (TT) / 100 / 42.0 / 21
Telfer / 87 / 43.0 / 18
Atomic (TT) / 109 / 41.9 / 19
Hyola® 450TT / 103 / 44.8 / 13
Hyola® 559TT / 109 / 44.1 / 17
Hyola® 650TT / 104 / 46.1 / 5
Pioneer® 45T01TT / 104 / 44.8 / 11
Hyola® 525RT / 103 / 44.9 / 8
Hyola® 725RT / - / - / -
Table 6c TT varieties Agzone 3; long term MET predicted yields as percentage of ATR Stingray (2.1 t/ha), oil% and number of trials (n).
Variety / Y% / oil % / nATR Bonito / 107 / 46.8 / 9
ATR Cobbler / 83 / 42.6 / 10
ATR Gem / 104 / 46.1 / 12
ATR Mako / 108 / 45.6 / 3
ATR Snapper / 93 / 46.1 / 9
ATR Stingray / 100 / 44.4 / 15
ATR Wahoo / 105 / 45.7 / 9
Crusher TT / 108 / 43.0 / 13
Jackpot TT / 104 / 45.3 / 3
Sturt (TT) / - / - / -
Telfer / - / - / -
Atomic (TT) / 110 / 43.8 / 8
Hyola® 450TT / 108 / 46.5 / 3
Hyola® 559TT / 114 / 46.3 / 11
Hyola® 650TT / 114 / 46.3 / 6
Pioneer® 45T01TT / 107 / 46.8 / 4
Hyola® 525RT / 105 / 47.9 / 3
Hyola® 725RT / 110 / 47.2 / 2
Table 6d TT varieties Agzone 5; long term MET predicted yields as percentage of ATR Stingray (1.3t/ha), oil% and number of trials (n).
Variety / Y% / oil % / nATR Bonito / 94 / 46.2 / 11
ATR Cobbler / 84 / 41.0 / 6
ATR Gem / 89 / 44.9 / 8
ATR Mako / 94 / 44.4 / 4
ATR Snapper / 90 / 44.4 / 6
ATR Stingray / 100 / 44.3 / 14
ATR Wahoo / 79 / 44.4 / 3
Crusher TT / 96 / 42.6 / 8
Jackpot TT / 83 / 42.4 / 2
Sturt (TT) / 93 / 44.0 / 13
Telfer / 80 / 44.6 / 8
Atomic (TT) / 96 / 44.2 / 6
Hyola® 450TT / 93 / 47.1 / 8
Hyola® 559TT / 100 / 46.4 / 10
Hyola® 650TT / - / - / -
Pioneer® 45T01TT / 94 / 46.8 / 5
Hyola® 525RT / - / - / -
Hyola® 725RT / - / - / -
Table 6e TT varieties Agzone 6; long term MET predicted yields as percentage of ATR Stingray (1.6 t/ha), oil% and number of trials (n).
Variety / Y% / oil % / nATR Bonito / 100 / 46.0 / 7
ATR Cobbler / 71 / 44.3 / 9
ATR Gem / 96 / 45.2 / 9
ATR Mako / 101 / 41.5 / 2
ATR Snapper / 80 / 46.6 / 8
ATR Stingray / 100 / 45.0 / 12
ATR Wahoo / 96 / 45.6 / 6
Crusher TT / 100 / 43.5 / 9
Jackpot TT / 97 / 45.5 / 3
Sturt (TT) / 96 / 42.8 / 2
Telfer / 74 / 45.5 / 2
Atomic (TT) / 95 / 43.5 / 6
Hyola® 450TT / 104 / 45.5 / 3
Hyola® 559TT / 108 / 45.3 / 8
Hyola® 650TT / 111 / 44.2 / 4
Pioneer® 45T01TT / 97 / 45.5 / 3
Hyola® 525RT / 104 / 45.4 / 4
Hyola® 725RT / - / - / -
Roundup Ready® canola varieties
WA growers have several options for Roundup Ready® canola varieties with good yields, oil and blackleg ratings. In many cases, the yields were very similar and there were no real differences between the varieties. Excellent performers across all Agzones are Pioneer® 43Y23, Nuseed GT-50 and Pioneer® 44Y24, they have reliable, high yields across years and environments. Hyola® 404RR remains a strong performer across the Agzones, although its yield is a little more variable, it has excellent oil yield. Thesefour varieties account for 80% of all the RR canola in WA. The new variety Pioneer® 45Y25, looks like a very exciting addition, as does Hyola® 504RR.
Amongst other Roundup Ready® varieties, Pioneer® 44Y26 was showing early promise in Agzone 1 (2 NVT trials). The longer seasonHyola® 600RR out-performed Hyola® 404RR inAgzone 3, with excellent oil results (2 NVT trials). Hyola® 600RR also has the best blacklegrating (R), which is valuable for that Agzone. Nuseed GT-41 and IH30 RR both performed well in Agzone 5, again with limited results, while IH52 and DG550 RR yielded well in the higher rainfall Agzones. Rounding out the variety choice is the new IH51 with Podguard, with slightly lower yield but excellent shatter tolerance.
The open pollinated Roundup Ready® varieties did not match up to their hybrid counterparts. The best performance was by GT Cobra in Agzone5. Otherwise there was a general difference of about 15% between GT Cobra and the hybrids, or 300kg/ha in a 2t/ha crop.
In the early season trials in Agzone 2 and Agzone 4 (data not shown), there was very little difference between the predicted yields of the hybrid varieties.
Table 7Area sown to RR canola varieties in WA in 2013 and 2014
Variety / 2013 / 2014Hyola® 404RR / 55 / 37
GT-50 / 7 / 22
Pioneer 43Y23 (RR) / 14 / 14
Pioneer 44Y24 (RR) / - / 7
GT-41 / 2 / 5
IH30 RR / 0 / 5
GT Cobra / 7 / 5
GT Viper / 4 / 3
Table 7 data courtesy of CBH Group. Varieties shown are => 3% of planned canola crop area in 2014.
Table 8 Roundup Ready® varieties; Commercial and agronomic information
Hybrid or OP / Variety / Licensee / Release Year / Maturity / 2015Blackleg rating (bare seed) / Blackleg resistance group
Hybrid / DG 550RR / Seednet / 2015 / M / MR / AB
Hybrid / Hyola®404RR / Pacific Seeds / 2010 / EM / R-MR / ABD
Hybrid / Hyola®504RR / Pacific Seeds / 2016 / M / ^R / ABD
Hybrid / Hyola®600RR / Pacific Seeds / 2015 / M-L / R / ABD
Hybrid / IH30 RR / Bayer / 2014 / E / MR / AB
Hybrid / IH51 RR with PodGuard™ / Bayer / 2015 / EM / R-MR / A
Hybrid / IH52 RR / Bayer / 2015 / M / R-MR / AB
Hybrid / Nuseed GT-41 / Nuseed / 2012 / EM / R-MR / ABF
Hybrid / Nuseed GT-50 / Nuseed / 2012 / M / R-MR / ABF
Hybrid / Pioneer®43Y23 (RR) / Pioneer® / 2012 / E / R-MR / B
Hybrid / Pioneer®44Y24 (RR) / Pioneer® / 2013 / EM / R-MR / C
Hybrid / Pioneer®44Y26 (RR) / Pioneer® / 2015 / EM / R-MR / ABS
Hybrid / Pioneer®45Y25 (RR) / Pioneer® / 2015 / M / R-MR / BC
OP / GT Cobra / Nuseed / 2011 / EM / R-MR / A
OP / GT Viper / Nuseed / 2011 / E / MR / B
Table 9a Agzone 1 RR varieties; long term MET predicted yields as percentage of Hyola®404RR 1.7 t/ha), oil% and number of trials (n).