Revystar® XE (Revysol® + Xemium®) will definitely be included in his fungicide programme, as it has shown over a number of years it keeps the crop greener and cleaner for longer.
“We'll be using Revysol this year for sure, perhaps at T1 but more likely at T2, especially on the best established bits of crops that we'll be pushing to get maybe 11 to 12 t/ha.
It gives us flexibility as it can be used at T1 and T2 timings, the most important timings in a winter wheat crop, and you can use it at different dose rates.”
In Scott’s most recent Real Results trial on KWS Dawsum, a cleaner variety for Septoria, the effects of increasing the rate of Revystar® XE at T2 were investigated in a tramline trial with three treatments.
When harvested, the farm standard of 1.0 l/ha of Revystar® XE yielded 12.52 t/ha, the 1.25 l/ha treatment 12.96 t/ha and the 1.5 l/ha treatment 13.06 t/ha.
“I wasn't expecting to see such a big jump in yield, there was almost half a tonne of yield uplift from stepping up from 1.0 l/ha to the 1.25 l/ha. Taking a wheat price of £200/t for last season, we were £73/ha better off, including the extra spend on the fungicide, applying 1.25 l/ha compared to 1.0 l/ha of Revystar XE. This dose gave the best margin difference.”
Revystar also gave a slightly higher bushel weight which is really important for grain quality.