- Traited version of K-897
- Excellent yield punch and yield stability
- Very good grain quality
- Good early vigor
- Average test weights
- Performs best in central Corn Belt
and west
- Excellent corn-on-corn choice
- Positive economic yield response to
higher plant populations and good
fertility
- See K-897 for more descriptions of
this hybrid
- Use SB597 RR or GL-802 GT for refuge
hybrids
- Price: Contact your local dealer or DSM for current pricing.
Hybrid Characteristics
Disease Resistance
Herbicide Sensitivity
Growth Regulators
|
Avoid |
| Sulfonylureas |
OK |
| Pigment Inhibitors |
OK |
|  |
| Base Genetics |
|
| Processor Preferred |
|
| 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 |
| Follow Sugar Beets |
OK |
| Harvest Method – Combine |
9 |
| Harvest Method – Ear
Pick |
8 |
| Test Weight |
8 |
| Ear Type |
FX |
| Height |
M |
| Leaf Canopy |
SE |
| Well Drained Soils |
OK |
| High Fertility Soils |
Best |
| Sandy Soils |
OK |
| Poorly Drained Soils |
OK |
| High pH Soils |
OK |
| Low pH Soils |
OK |
| High Nitrogen Soils |
OK |
Area of Adaptability
(* denotes Outstanding Performance)
Keep in its maturity zone from Wisconsin west to Oregon
|