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Special and/or Unique Characteristics
Outstanding seedling vigor, responds well to high populations
Technology: GT
- Consistent yield and great plant health
year after year
- Broad adaptation lets this hybrid fit
most farms in its maturity zone
- Exhibits outstanding seedling vigor for
fast starts
- In 2008 testing beat DKC 50-19 by
15 Bu. and Pioneers 37Y14 by 11 Bu.
in 33 locations
- Maintains excellent plant health
through harvest
- Rapid drydown for earlier harvest
- Excellent northern movement
- Don’t use as an early hybrid in a late
zone, keep in the 100 day markets
- Will maintain yields in less
productive, drought prone fields
Hybrid Characteristics
Herbicide Sensitivity
Growth Regulators
|
Avoid |
| Sulfonylureas |
OK |
| Pigment Inhibitors |
OK |
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| Base Genetics |
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| Pop. Range (in thousands) |
28-34 |
| Early Vigor |
9 |
| Staygreen |
9 |
| Heat Units to Black Layer |
2279 |
| Stalk Strength |
9 |
| Root Strength |
9 |
| Drought Tolerance |
9 |
| Corn-on-Corn |
8.5 |
| Kernel Rows per Ear |
16-18 |
| Harvest Method – Combine |
9 |
| Harvest Method – Ear
Pick |
8 |
| Test Weight |
8 |
| Ear Type |
FX |
| Height |
M |
| Leaf Canopy |
SE |
| Soil Types
Broad adaptation across maturity zone |
Area of Adaptability
(* denotes Outstanding Performance)
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota*
Michigan
South Dakota*
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
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