Indianapolis, Indiana
July 2, 2009
Mycogen Seeds has increased its summer sunflower seed production
to ensure an adequate supply of new hybrids for 2010 planting,
including several products stacked with CLEARFIELD technology
and downy mildew resistance. With this increase in production,
Mycogen Seeds is expanding its product mix to meet the needs of
growers.
"We have quadrupled our summer sunflower seed production
compared with our 2008 production. This will allow us to bring
many new hybrids with the latest technology to the market," says
John Kalthoff, Mycogen Seeds marketing specialist.
The Mycogen Seeds sunflower product mix will include several new
stacked products for superior yield protection in hybrids that
deliver more oil per acre and offer higher premium potential.
"We are particularly excited to be offering five new hybrids
stacked with both CLEARFIELD technology and downy mildew
resistance in the NuSun and high oleic categories," Kalthoff
says. "These hybrids will be available in launch quantities
across sunflower-growing regions and include a range of relative
maturities and agronomic characteristics that growers desire."
Through its world-class research and breeding program, Mycogen
Seeds is committed to developing differentiated sunflower
technology, including herbicide, insect, and disease tolerance
traits; stacked-trait hybrids; seed treatments; and output
traits.
Specific information about new hybrids from Mycogen Seeds is
expected to be announced later this month
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.
Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is
a top-tier agricultural company that combines the power of
science and technology with the “Human Element” to constantly
improve what is essential to human progress. Dow AgroSciences
provides innovative technologies for crop protection, pest and
vegetation management, seeds, traits, and agricultural
biotechnology to serve the world's growing population. Global
sales for Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow
Chemical Company, are $4.5 billion. Learn more at
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