Developed by PGG Wrightson Seeds under the Forage Innovations joint venture with Plant and Food Research. Pallaton Raphno is a raphanobrassica, a hybrid between Brassica oleracea (kale) and Raphanus sativus (radish).
Full commercial release of Pallaton Raphno is Spring 2018.
The goal of the breeding programme was to combine six stacked traits, which would perform for New Zealand farmers within increasingly challenging environments.
The six traits include:
14% increased yield advantage relative to Goliath forage rape in a multi-graze system (total cumulative yield from repeat harvest).
Forage rape (left) and Pallaton (right) under clubroot pressure.
Pallaton Raphno® has a high tolerance to clubroot. In vitro innoculation pot trials and field trials to date have shown strong tolerance to Pukekohe, Hawke's Bay and Southland strains of clubroot.
Pallaton has excellent re-growth potential and has the ability to persist for 4-5 grazings over a 12 month period.