Background - variety history - Oilseed rape
LIBRAVO
1990
DSV receives the NIAB Variety Cup in England in 1990 for the double-zero variety LIBRAVO, a winter oilseed rape bred by DSV. The NIAB Variety Cup has been awarded annually since 1986 to varieties that have made an important contribution to productivity through improved quality, disease resistance, increased yield or commercial success. They can be from across the spectrum of horticultural, ornamental and agricultural crops.
Award of the NIAB Variety Cup for the 00 variety LIBRAVO as a special recognition of breeding innovations.
DSV varieties have a 68% share of the English market.

LIBRETTO
2002
LIBRETTO is the first MSL hybrid registered for DSV. LIBRETTO combines good yield characteristics with good phoma resistance and stability. Thus, the hybrid brings good variety performance even in difficult years, or under special conditions.

OASE
2004
OASE is a new milestone in winter oilseed rape breeding. The new release of 2004 combines the three most important yield traits grain yield, oil yield and oil content into a new best performance. OASE is thus the top winter oilseed rape variety in Germany, having received top ratings for all three of these traits: BSA grade 8 for high to very high grain and oil yields and BSA grade 9 (top grade) for very high oil content.

TEMPTATION
2017
TEMPTATION, the first winter oilseed rape variety with resistance to watery beet yellowing virus (TuYV), is registered for DSV and marketed in Europe.

LUDGER
2021
LUDGER – a variety with vital fall development and TuYV resistance becomes the largest variety in cultivation in Germany. Three-year LUDGER is among the strongest varieties in national variety trials in Germany (2019 to 2021) with a grain yield of rel. 105.