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Clearfield and the new Clearfield Plus crops are an extremely useful tool for Australian growers to optimise production in wheat and canola. Herbicide-tolerant Clearfield and Clearfield Plus crops simplify control of hard-to-kill weeds with high yielding non-GMO varieties.
The Clearfield and Clearfield Plus Production Systems combine:
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- High yielding, herbicide-tolerant varieties from Australia's leading plant breeders and seed companies. These varieties are not GMO's, and are tolerant to Clearfiled herbicides
- Custom-designed Clearfield herbicides for knockdown and residual weed control
- Clearfield stewardship program
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Wheat varieties with Clearfield traits are now available in two distinct groups:
1. Single gene Clearfield wheat varieties: tolerant to and registered for Midas® herbicide, and
2. The much anticipated two gene Clearfield Plus wheat varieties: tolerant to and registered for Intervix® herbicide.
These registrations enable growers to control over 40 weeds including brome grass, barley grass, volunteer cereals, climbing buckwheat and wild oats, using either Midas on Clearfield single gene wheat or Intervix mixed with Polo 570 on Clearfield Plus two gene wheat varieties.
Clearfield Canola features some of the highest yielding varieties with the highest oil content available in Australia. These varieties are tolerant to Intervix herbicide. Intervix controls almost 30 weeds including wild radish, mustard, turnip and a range of grass weeds.
Advice on Clearfield and Clearfield Plus crops is available from Crop Care AgriCentres. AgriCentre staff receive ongoing training in Clearfield and Clearfield Plus crops, and AgriCentre agronomists have completed a detailed Clearfield accreditation course. An important component of the Clearfield Production System is the stewardship program, which details Best Management Practices for Clearfield and Clearfield Plus Crops. This program has some obligatory practices that are aimed at ensuring the sustainability of herbicide-tolerant Clearfield and Clearfield Plus crops. |
