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St. Louis, Missouri
July 31, 2003
Asking for soybean seed that offers both high
yield and in-seed protection packages may seem like asking to
have one’s cake and eat it, too. But at field days this summer,
soybean growers will find the answer to many of their requests
is now available in 30 new Asgrow® and DEKALB®
varieties.
"Asgrow and DEKALB soybean
varieties have always offered soybean growers a high value,
thanks to performance and innovative technology. But in the
past, some felt that, no matter the brand, they had to choose
between a variety with high yield potential or a variety with
in-seed protection against pests and disease," said Dion McBay,
Asgrow and DEKALB Soybean Marketing Manager for Monsanto.
"When they look at our new
varieties in plots this summer, they will see products where
that is not the case. The technology and traits in our 30 new
varieties mean growers can chose seeds with both high yields and
built-in disease and pest resistance."
In 1,457 head-to-head comparisons
conducted last year, these new varieties outyielded Pioneer ®
varieties by 3.5
bushels per acre. Results like these have a lot of people
enthusiastic about next season.
"These new varieties offer the
combined high yields and resistance that producers need.
AG-2107, for example, is especially effective in northern Iowa
and southern Minnesota, where there is a large increase in cyst
pressure," reports Tim Schlueter, U.S. Soybeans Product Manager
for Asgrow and DEKALB. "In our trials, it outyielded
competitors’ cyst and non-cyst products. This same variety also
has iron chlorosis tolerance, Phytophthora root rot resistance
and very good tolerance to white mold disease. Our other
varieties offer many benefits as well."
More than 90% of the new soybean
varieties available for 2004 are Roundup Ready ®
varieties. Also
available in the new varieties are built-in protection systems
against diseases and pests like soybean cyst nematode, sudden
death syndrome and brown stem rot.
Field days and plot tours where
growers can see the new Asgrow and DEKALB varieties— 16 from
Asgrow and 14 from DEKALB — are in locations all over the
Midwest. For more information about Asgrow or DEKALB soybean
seed or upcoming field days, growers should contact their local
retailer or sales representative or visit www.monsanto.com.
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New Asgrow Soybean
Varieties for 2004
AG0101 is a
high-yielding early group 0 Roundup Ready® variety that has
excellent multi-race Phytophthora coverage with the Rps3 c gene.
AG0301 is a
high-yielding early to mid group 0 Roundup Ready variety that
has excellent Iron chlorosis tolerance and standability, along
with the Rps1k gene for multi-race Phytophthora protection.
AG0601
is a high-yielding mid group 0
Roundup Ready variety that has excellent standability, very good
Brown stem rot and White mold tolerance, and multi-race
Phytophthora protection.
AG2106
is an early group II Roundup
Ready variety that has tolerance to Brown stem rot, White mold,
Sudden death syndrome and Iron chlorosis, along with multi-race
Phytophthora protection.
AG2107
is a high-yielding early group
II Soybean cyst nematode resistant variety. This Roundup Ready
variety has multi-gene Phytophthora protection, excellent
emergence and excellent standability.
AG2405
is a mid group II Roundup
Ready variety that has Soybean cyst nematode resistance,
combined with Phytophthora root rot and Brown stem rot
protection.
AG2801
is a high-yielding late group
II Roundup Ready variety that has Soybean cyst nematode
resistance combined with multi-race Phytophthora protection.
AG3005
is a high-yielding early group
III Roundup Ready variety that has multi-race Phytophthora
protection and very good Brown stem rot tolerance.
AG3202
is a high-yielding early group
III Roundup Ready variety that has Soybean cyst nematode
resistance combined with multi-race Phytophthora protection and
a very good agronomic package.
A3525
is a high-yielding mid group
III variety with Soybean cyst nematode resistance combined with
multi-race Phytophthora protection, as well as very good Brown
stem rot and Sudden death syndrome tolerance.
AG3801 is a
high-yielding late group III Roundup Ready and STS® variety that
has Soybean cyst nematode resistance and multi-race Phytophthora
protection, combined with excellent Brown stem rot tolerance,
emergence and standability.
AG3905
is a high-yielding late group
III Roundup Ready variety that has Soybean cyst nematode
resistance and multi-race Phytophthora protection, combined with
excellent standability and Brown stem rot tolerance.
AG4502
is a high-yielding mid group
IV Roundup Ready and STS variety that has Soybean cyst nematode
resistance and multi-race Phytophthora protection, combined with
very good Sudden death syndrome and Frogeye leaf spot tolerance.
AG5402
is a mid group V Roundup Ready
variety with resistance to both Root Knot nematode and Soybean
cyst nematode. It also has excellent tolerance to Frogeye leaf
spot.
AG5605
is a mid group V Roundup Ready
and STS variety that has Soybean cyst nematode resistance and
excellent standability, as well as very good Phytophthora field
tolerance combined with very good tolerance to Sudden death
syndrome, Frogeye leaf spot and Aerial blight.
AG7601
is a high-yielding mid group
VII Roundup Ready variety that has very high yield potential,
multi-race Phytophthora protection, excellent Frogeye leaf spot
tolerance and very good Southern stem canker tolerance.
New DEKALB Soybean
Varieties for 2004
DKB009-51
is a late group 00
high-yielding Roundup Ready variety that has a taller plant type
with excellent standability and very good Iron chlorosis
tolerance.
DKB02-51
is an early group 0
high-yielding Roundup Ready variety with very good Iron
chlorosis tolerance, excellent standability and very good
emergence.
DKB07-52
is a mid to late group 0
Roundup Ready variety with excellent standability and very high
yield potential.
DKB17-52
is a mid to late group I
Roundup Ready variety that features Soybean cyst nematode
resistance along with average Iron chlorosis tolerance.
DKB19-52
is a high-yielding late group
I Roundup Ready variety that has Phytophthora and White mold
protection. It has Iron chlorosis tolerance along with excellent
standability and emergence.
DKB20-52
is an early group II Roundup
Ready variety. It has very high yield potential and resistance
to Soybean cyst nematode. It also has multi-race Phytophthora
root rot resistance and excellent agronomics.
DKB22-52
is an early group II Roundup
Ready variety with very good tolerance to Iron chlorosis. It has
excellent standability, very good emergence and White mold
tolerance. This variety is very similar to DKB22-51.
DKB28-52 is a
high-yielding late group II Roundup Ready variety with excellent
standability, emergence and Brown stem rot tolerance. It has
multi-race Phytophthora protection with the Rps1c gene.
DKB37-51
is a mid to late group III
high-yielding Roundup Ready variety that has resistance to
Soybean cyst nematode with excellent emergence and multi-race
Phytophthora protection.
DKB44-52
is a mid group IV Roundup
Ready variety that has resistance to race 1 of Soybean cyst
nematode. The variety also has very good Sudden death syndrome
tolerance and excellent tolerance to Frogeye leaf spot.
DKB51-51
is an early group V Roundup
Ready variety that has excellent tolerance to Frogeye leaf spot.
It has very good Sudden death syndrome and Southern stem canker
tolerance.
DKB53-51
is an early to mid group V
Roundup Ready variety that has resistance to Soybean cyst
nematode and excellent tolerance to Southern stem canker,
Frogeye leaf spot and Aerial blight.
DKB57-51
is a mid to late group V
Roundup Ready variety that has resistance to Soybean cyst
nematode and very good tolerance to Phytophthora root rot. It
also has excellent tolerance to Frogeye leaf spot and excellent
emergence.
DKB64-51
is a mid group VI Roundup
Ready variety that has resistance to Soybean cyst nematode and
multi-race Phytophthora protection. This variety has excellent
tolerance to Sudden death syndrome and Frogeye leaf spot.
DEKALB® is a registered trademark
of Dekalb Genetics Corporation. Asgrow® and Roundup Ready® are
registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. Pioneer® is a
registered trademark of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. STS®
is a registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company. ©2003 Monsanto Company. |
