Extreme years like 2018 show that main crops suffer greatly in adverse weather conditions. The effects on the plants cannot be prevented, but cover crops are a helpful instrument for obtaining resistant plant populations. This is demonstrated by studies from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) CATCHY project.

Barley yellow dwarf virus has spread all over the world and is one of the viruses with the most economically devastating effects in cereal-growing. Until now it could be countered only by chemical methods or limited agricultural measures. Now Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV) has brought the first resistant multi-rowed winter barley with German approval from its in-house breeding programme on to the German market.

There are many different lawn blends in the market and usually the composition of a mixture is functional. Different species occur as a main component in a mixture depending on the requirements of the lawn.

After more than 40 years of working at Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV), the company has now bid farewell to Johannes Peter Angenendt – Executive Board Member and Managing Director for the last 18 years, and also a respected personality in the seed industry.

Drilling a companion crop or seed mixture alongside oilseed rape could help control pests and add valuable nutrition to soils, new thinking is suggesting.