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Download PDF As established chemical treatments for oilseed rape seed fall away, biological products have made a strong start as their likely successor. CPM tracks the story of Integral Pro, that marks this milestone achievement. It sets a good example for what we can expect to see from biologicals going forward. By Tom Allen-Stevens It’s a curious irony that some of the most brilliant innovations arrive virtually unnoticed but then dominate the market because their value goes almost without question. That may be the case with Integral Pro. But this new seed treatment may herald the dawn of a new era: containing Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BAA) it’s the first biological seed treatment available widely in the UK for combinable crops and it has the potential to completely change the thinking on how growers nurture seedlings through those early stages. “Integral Pro came out of the blue – few of us had heard anything about it until late in 2018,” notes David Leaper of Agrii. “But it slots perfectly into the hole in the seed-dressing market left following the withdrawal of thiram. It’s now the market standard for oilseed rape.” Very few biological products have ever stood up to the rigours of…
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