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Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Compiled by Jen Bennett

CROPLAN

6226VT3 — 111-day RM (YGVT3)

  • Exceptional high-end yield potential; outstanding stalks, roots, plant health
  • Medium-short plant with fixed, girthy ear requiring higher populations
  • Flowers early for maturity; dries slowly with tropical in background driving staygreen
  • More green snap than 6126, less than 645; use with caution in NE and western IA

6331VT3 — 111-day RM (YGVT3)

  • Greatly improved stalks, roots, staygreen, intactness over 631
  • Exceptional on Goss' wilt; very good on anthracnose and NCLB
  • Same plant stature and flowering date as 631
  • Best on sandy loams, silt loams; avoid poorly drained clay loams

6150VT3 — 111-day RM (YGVT3)

  • New, high-yielding southern/northern/unrelated male
  • Improved plant health, stalks, roots, yield over 631, 721
  • Male adds staygreen, plant health enabling movement east and south into high-rainfall, high-disease areas

CROWS

4688VT3 — 109-day RM (YGVT3)

  • High-end yield potential
  • Adapts to all soil types, tillage systems
  • Excellent plant health; good GLS tolerance
  • Performs well in continuous corn environment
  • Good staygreen, late-season intactness; excellent east-west adaptation

4354VT3 — 107-day RM (YGVT3)

  • Consistent performance; excellent stalks, roots
  • Good plant health, fall appearance, drought and gray leaf spot tolerance
  • Good choice for continuous corn situations
  • Prefers better soils in east and central Corn Belt

3848VT3 — 105-day RM (YGVT3)

  • Processor Preferred high extractable starch
  • High yield potential; good test weight
  • Performs well across various soils, east-west across Corn Belt
  • Strong Goss' wilt tolerance for the west; excellent dual-purpose genetics

DAIRYLAND

Stealth-9005 — 105-day RM (YGPL/RR2)

  • Best performance on loam, clay, sandy soils
  • Vigorous early plant establishment
  • Very strong drought tolerance and staygreen
  • Excellent test weight

Stealth-9006 — 106-day RM (YGPL/RR2)

  • Wide soil adaptation for planting flexibility
  • Very good drydown, test weight qualities
  • Outstanding drought tolerance, disease resistance
  • Performs best when planted at high plant density

Stealth-9010 — 110-day RM (YGVT3)

  • Most prolific for yield when planted at high plant densities
  • Stellar performance across soil types, no-till, continuous corn ground
  • Very good southern maturity movement
  • Quick emergence; vigorous growth

DEKALB

DKC58-16 — 108-day RM (RR/YGVT3)

  • Very good emergence and seedling growth
  • Very good root strength
  • Good overall disease package
  • Very good Goss' wilt tolerance

DKC61-19 — 111-day RM (RR/YGVT3)

  • Excellent yield potential for maturity
  • Very good overall disease package, including good gray leaf spot tolerance
  • Very good emergence; excellent seedling growth allows for early planting
  • Excellent stalk strength, very good roots

DKC61-69 — 111-day RM (RR/YGVT3)

  • Outstanding yield performance
  • Very good stalk, root strength
  • Very good test weight, grain appearance
  • Good overall disease package

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