Oilseed rape pod shatter

NIAB Innovation Farm is demonstrating the different approaches – chemical and genetic – to reducing pod shatter in oilseed rape so improving harvest yield and oil quality, and reducing volunteer incidence in subsequent crops.

Breeding for pod shatter

Crop: SPRING OILSEED RAPE

Variety: Tamarin

Breeder: Senova

Variety: Brassica carinata

Partner: John Innes Centre

Using anti-pod shatter treatments

Crop: WINTER OILSEED RAPE