3 ways to combat rapeseed lodging — experts named the pros and cons

Agronomists often do not take canola volunteer plants seriously. They say it will be a good green manure. And to some extent, this is true, because from the perspective of soil formation, the presence of any vegetation in the field is good, so even volunteer plants can increase the organic matter content in the soil. However, from the perspective of agricultural crop cultivation technology, the presence of volunteers poses significant risks and losses for subsequent crops in the crop rotation. Experts from FD Seeds emphasize this on their Facebook page. They note that the presence of canola volunteers causes a whole range of problems: "If you have corn after canola on soil with medium microbiological activity, it will be purple in color. Not due to frost. Not due to low phosphorus content, which may be at a good level. But because the normal connections with mycorrhizal fungi, corn starts to form 3-4 leaves later. This 'pit' in nutrition can take up to 2 t/ha of corn, which is ...