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Nov 07 2025

Kantor: Unlocking Fungicide and PGR Performance in Oilseed Rape Canopies

As oilseed rape crops develop dense autumn canopies, effective spray penetration becomes critical. Kantor, Nichino’s multi-functional adjuvant, enhances fungicide and PGR performance by improving droplet spread, retention, and canopy penetration. Backed by trials showing yield gains up to 0.37 t/ha, Kantor offers a low-cost, high-impact solution for managing disease pressure and optimising canopy structure in OSR.

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Oct 29 2025

Give your potatoes a head start this spring by tackling Rhizoctonia solani!

Rhizoctonia solani, or black scurf, poses a hidden threat to potato crops, often going unnoticed until emergence issues arise. Moncut, based on flutolanil, offers long-lasting protection by shielding seed, shoots, and daughter tubers from infection. Available in dry and liquid formulations, Moncut ensures thorough coverage and creates a protective zone within the ridge—reducing soil-borne inoculum risk and boosting yield potential

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Oct 06 2025

Managing Late-Drilled Cereals: Tools for Success

Nichino’s Newton: Making Nutrients Work Harder in Late-Drilled Cereals Newton is a biostimulant seed treatment designed to enhance nutrient uptake, root development, and stress resilience—especially in late-drilled crops where conditions often compromise performance. Trials show it can accelerate emergence by 4–5 days, helping growers achieve results comparable to earlier drilling. When used as part of an integrated strategy with Bridgeway and BackRow Max, Newton tackles key risks like poor rooting, grassweed competition, and inefficient nutrient use—setting crops up for a stronger harvest.

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Oct 31 2024

How to enhance residual herbicide performance this autumn

As farmers gear up for the autumn planting season, the importance of soil health, weather conditions, and the right adjuvant in optimising pre-emergence herbicide performance cannot be overstated. At Nichino UK, we’re here to guide you in making the most of your herbicide applications this season.

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Sep 30 2024

Smales up establishment to unlock organic seed potential

On a quest to make their organic seed business as sustainable and productive as possible, Smales Organic Seeds has been putting both varieties and biostimulant seed treatments through their paces to help secure stronger establishment and unlock genetic yield potential.

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Sep 27 2024

How to get more from your Pre-ems

After an intensely wet year, soil repair and giving careful consideration to the weather implications on herbicide performance will be vital to secure pre-em efficacy and get crops up and away weed-free. Here’s some tailored advice on optimising pre-emergence herbicide performance this autumn.

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Jul 23 2024

How to build resilience this autumn

Building resilience in plants – by treating seeds with a biostimulant seed treatment – is one part of the jigsaw that growers can use to help their crops withstand and adapt to the adverse effects of extreme weather and protect genetic potential as soon as it goes in the ground.

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