Indianapolis, Indiana
February 4, 2009
Mycogen Seeds has announced it is releasing six additional
new corn hybrids available in limited supply for 2009 planting.
The six new hybrids include one new SILAGE-SPECIFIC™ TMF hybrid.
“We are please to present these new MYCOGEN brand corn hybrids
in addition to the new hybrids announced last fall,” says Keith
Porter, Mycogen Seeds agronomy services leader. “These
impressive new hybrids will add even more diversity to the
high-yielding Mycogen Seeds product line-up.”
The MYCOGEN® brand corn lineup includes hybrids with a wide
range of relative maturities, agronomic characteristics and
stacked trait technologies.
New Hybrids
- A tall, attractive 83-day
hybrid, 2D140, has good early season vigor, as well
as good late-season health and plant integrity for late
harvest. It is best suited for moderately high to high plant
populations and features strong drought-stress tolerance in
tough growing conditions. 2D140 also delivers rapid grain
drydown upon reaching blacklayer and has very good foliar
disease tolerance.
- As a HERCULEX® I and
Roundup Ready® hybrid, 2C302 delivers strong yield
performance with strong roots, good fall health and ear
retention. It performs consistently across a wide range of
soil types and management practices, including reduced
tillage systems. It is best planted as a moderate to
full-season hybrid in a corn/soybean rotation.
- A medium-tall YieldGard VT
Triple™ hybrid, 2Y547 provides very competitive
yields in 100- to 105-day growing conditions. It has very
good standability, wide east to west adaptation and offers
good tolerance to northern corn leaf blight and eyespot.
This hybrid responds to top management and higher plant
densities. 2Y547 has excellent early season vigor, which
makes it a good choice for early season planting.
- Hybrid 2E696 has
good stalk strength and root system, giving it good
late-season intactness. It has shown good performance from
east to west in 108- to 112-day maturities and responds well
to intensive management practices. Hybrid 2E696 does well at
medium-high to high populations and has very good Goss’s
wilt tolerance. It performs best when planted after
soybeans, and a fungicide application is recommended in a
corn-on-corn rotation.
- 2H735 is a 112-day
Roundup Ready hybrid featuring a very girthy ear style,
which is consistent down the row. It will perform best when
planted after soybeans, which helps lower the incidence of
gray leaf spot, in addition to its good tolerance to Goss’
wilt. 2H735 responds well to high densities, good fertility,
fungicide treatments and irrigation.
- This tall, robust silage
hybrid is a full-season YieldGard VT Triple hybrid that is
especially adapted for the East, Southeast and Southwest
silage markets. TMF 2L831 has a high flex ear that
provides top tonnage when planted at moderate populations.
It has good gray leaf spot tolerance and very good root
strength.
MYCOGEN brand hybrids are
constructed using elite genetics and only the best
characteristics to perform strong right from the start and stand
up to even the toughest conditions. To make sure growers can
count on strong yields, hybrids are rigorously tested all across
the Corn Belt.
“Mycogen Seeds is committed to providing new solutions for
growers,” Porter concludes. “Our corn hybrids are extensively
field-tested and built for higher yield performance and bigger
harvests.”
For more information about these new grain corn hybrids or
other MYCOGEN brand products, contact your local Mycogen Seeds
dealer or sales representative, or visit
www.mycogen.com.
Mycogen Seeds is a retail seed company of Dow AgroSciences LLC
and a developer and marketer of leading corn hybrids, the market
leader in SILAGE-SPECIFIC™ corn hybrids and sunflower hybrids,
as well as an industry leader in canola, alfalfa, soybeans and
sorghum. For more information about MYCOGEN brand products,
visit www.mycogen.com.
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