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Heavy Hittin' Hybrids
Dec 4, 2006 5:17 PM, Compiled by Kate Royer
MID-SEASON
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AGRIGOLD
A6394BtRW — 107-Day RM
- Delivers top-end yield on productive soils
- Strong emergence and root package, can be used in a variety of cropping systems
A6455BtRWRR — 110-Day RM
- Outstanding yield potential in area of adaptation
- Outstanding emergence, early season vigor
- Exceptional late-season plant health, intactness
- Excellent choice for continuous corn systems
A6377 — 105-Day RM
- Excellent choice for no-till or reduced tillage systems, can be placed on marginal soil types while still delivering top-end yield
- Strong emergence, early vigor, stalk and root package make it a must plant in the eastern Corn Belt
ASGROW
RX754RR2/YGPL — 112-Day RM
- Excellent yield potential over a wide range of growing conditions
- Very good stalks and excellent roots
- Excellent staygreen, very good disease package
RX674RR2/YGPL — 109-Day RM
- Optimum performance at moderate plant populations
- Outstanding yield potential in high-yield environments, very good drydown for early harvest
- Excellent ear flex for lower planting populations
A6474BtRWRR — 111-Day RM
- Excellent roots and very good stalks
- Consistent yield performance, good overall plant health and harvest appearance
- Very good drought tolerance
BECK'S
5244CBRWRR — 106-Day RM (YGPL/RR)
- High-yielding addition to “44” family
- Fast drydown, excellent in northern geographies
5416CBRWRR — 110-Day RM (YGPL, RR)
- Healthy, high-yielding “16” hybrid
- Perfect triple for CRW variant area
- Tremendous agronomic package
5444CBRWRR — 110-Day RM (YGPL/RR)
- New yield leader, dominates in good soils
- Girthy ear
5593HXTRR — 110-Day RM (HXX/LL/RR)
- Tremendous technology option
- Handles high population
- Excellent stress tolerance Burrus
BURRUS
621T — 112-Day RM (YGPL/RR2)
- Big, big top-end yield potential
- Prefers your best soils, plant it thick
- Expect great plant health with strong stalks
Burrus 451T — 109-Day RM (YGPL/RR2)
- Triple stack protection
- Terrific yield with super fast drydown
- Plant at medium populations
- Good late-season plant intactness
Burrus 593P — 111-day RM (YGPL)
- Offers beautiful plants, terrific top-end yield
- Keep it on your best soils, plant thick
- Excellent stalks and roots
Burrus 572RWR — 111-day RM (YGRW/RR2)
- Outstanding root strength
- Good standability across soils and geography
- Plant it thick for maximum performance
CROPLAN GENETICS
5701RR — 106-Day RM (RR)
- New female with exceptional roots and drought tolerance combined with an outstanding male.
- Strong northward movement
- Shorter plant types requiring higher populations, good roots and stalks
5891CR — 107-Day RM (Corn RW with RR)
- Utilizes its large-ear to produce high yields
- Exceptional roots, drought tolerance and high-end yield ability
- Improved stalks and plant health vs. other hybrids of this genetic type
6238RH — 111-Day RM (RR/HXBt)
- Late Health/High Yield female combined with a high-yielding Southern male.
- Improved staygreen, stalks, roots, grain quality
- Large flex ear with wide adaptation to soil types and populations
6440RB — 112-day RM (RR with MON810 Bt)
- New ultra-healthy female combined with a large-eared, high-yielding Southern male
- Improved disease tolerance, stalks, roots and grain quality
- Flex-ear type, wide adaptation to populations
CROW'S
4846T — 110-Day RM (RR2/YGPL)
- High end yield potential across all soil types
- Good test weight and grain quality
- Excellent corn on corn
- Very good stress and disease tolerance, including gray leaf spot
- Will flex its ear at various populations
4940T — 111-Day RM (RR2/YGPL)
- Processor Preferred-High Extractable Starch
- Adapted to western Corn Belt, most soil types
- Best after beans in central region
- Excellent stalks, roots and drought tolerance
- Excellent emergence and seedling vigor, medium plant and ear height
3846T — 105-Day RM (RR2/YGPL)
- Processor Preferred-High Extractable Starch
- High yield potential, very good test weight
- Performs east to west across the Corn Belt
- Very good Goss's Wilt tolerance for the west
4616T — 108-Day RM (RR2/YGPL)
- Adapts to central and eastern Corn Belt, all soil types and tillage systems
- High yield potential with a very good disease package, good corn on corn choice
- Fixed ear requires higher populations
- Very good stress tolerance
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