NemaCease is a new Betaseed program to identify nematode infested fields and its crop effects, and increase yields when planting Betaseed nematode tolerant varieties.

  • Growers that are looking for an opportunity to

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  • increase their revenue per acre,

  • • increase their yields in infested fields,
    • return infested fields to production and rotation, or

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  • eliminate the use of chemical controls costing 3 to 4
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  • times more than planting a tolerant seed variety,

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  • should call their Betaseed representative to become a part of the 2010 NemaCease program.

 

The Nemacease program is offered to growers in Amalgamated, Western Sugar South, Sidney Sugars, and Michigan Sugar who have

• suspect fields,
• low yields, either historic or current,
• fields contiguous to confirmed pest infestation.

     

To participate in the program, each grower purchases 4 units of a SBCN tolerant variety for a side-by-side comparison with 4 units of similar trait Betaseed varieties, and takes the trial to harvest.

 

Betaseed’s nematode tolerant varieties are an opportunity for growers to continue sugarbeet production in fields with high nematode pressure and increase yields and sugar content WITHOUT paying for chemical treatments.

 

Contact John Dillman at (888) 746-4238 or a local Betaseed representative to learn more about this innovative program.