Brazil plans to develop tropical rapeseed hybrids

Cultivar. The partnership launched the BRSCanola project, which aims to develop hybrid varieties with high agronomic characteristics, resistance to diseases, herbicides, adapted to the climate and tropical soils of the Central-South region of the country. The project will last for two years and will combine the results of research aimed at creating multiple hybrid combinations through field and greenhouse trials, including assessment of resistance to water stress, diseases and grain quality. The project is a pioneering initiative for the Brazilian market, given that the lack of hybrids adapted to tropical conditions has been one of the main obstacles to expanding crops and increasing crop yields in the country. The area under rapeseed cultivation in Brazil reached 40,000 hectares in 2021, and increased to 250,000 hectares in 2024. It is expected to reach 350,000 hectares in 2026. But public policies aimed at developing production and introducing biofuels in the country consider ...