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Conviso® Smart – The smart choice for sugar beet growers

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KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies combining 165 years of heritage with leading edge technology and a commitment to develop and deliver varieties with the best yields, disease resistance, physical traits and resistance to abiotic stress.

The Conviso® Smart system innovates the way to control weeds in sugar beet.

This innovative weed control system is based on two components: herbicide-tolerant sugar beet varieties bred by KWS, and the dedicated herbicide developed by Bayer.

A unique weed control performance combined with best crop safety provides a professional tool for innovative and foresighted farmers.

Classically bred herbicide-tolerant sugar beet varieties and accordingly the introduction of a new mode of action in sugar beet weed control are the innovation of Conviso® Smart.

Those achievements accomplished by KWS and Bayer are the door opener for a new weed control strategy and give new options for weed control in sugar beet, with the first introduction of new active ingredients in sugar beet for decades.

Two key components working together

Innovative Smart KWS Hybrids

Effective, broad-spectrum herbicide from Bayer
  • KWS Smart varieties are developed with classical breeding methods
  • Broad-leaved weeds including many hard-to-control species
  • KWS Smart varieties offer the best crop safety to the Conviso® One herbicide
  • Sensitive grassweeds
  • Utilisation of full yield potential
  • Volunteer weed beet

The benefits

Unique control

Conviso® Smart offers growers a unique weed-control performance combined with the best crop safety. Benefits include a broad weed control spectrum of both broad-leaf weeds and grassweeds.

It also supports the hard-to-fight weeds such as Aethusa, volunteer rape, big Galium plants, Cuscuta mercurialis and a broad range of sensitive grasses.

This results in the best crop safety, with no impact on crop development.

Untreated crops

Untreated control © KWS UK Ltd

Treated with CONVISO ® ONE

Treated with Conviso ® One © KWS UK Ltd

Convincing convenience

Conviso® Smart offers higher flexibility in weed control combined with less applications needed, saving you time during the application process.

Higher poductivity

Offering you a higher level of productivity, Conviso® Smart simplifies weed management and supports sustainable farming, saving you time and the need for spraying capacity.

It does this by utilising the full yield potential of Smart KWS seeds and the requirement of less applications, a more sustainable sugar beet cultivation and may lead to a reduction of active substances and CO2 released into the environment.

Find out more about Conviso Smart technology and KWS Smart varieties and and how to get the best results from the innovative system by visiting the KWS website.