Heavy-Hitting Hybrids

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Jen Bennett

LG

LG2548RR2 — 108-day RM (RR2)

  • Exceptional yield potential
  • Great stalks, roots; very healthy
  • Best yields at higher populations
  • Widely adapted across maturity zones

LG2555VT3 — 110-day RM (YGVT3)

  • Deep kernel depth in full-flex ear
  • Extremely flexible ear size
  • Very fast drydown at harvest
  • Handles any population

MIDWEST

76806VT3 — 109-day RM (YGVT3/RR2)

  • High top-end yield potential east to west
  • Widely adapted to variety of soils
  • Superior standability, agronomics
  • Keep populations toward high end for best results

76996VT3 — 109-day RM (YGVT3/RR2)

  • Excellent choice for high-yield environments
  • First choice for first-year corn ground
  • Strong stalks, roots with heavy test weight grain
  • Great drought scores

77015VT3 — 110-day RM (YGVT3/RR2)

  • Consistent top yield potential
  • Widely adapted across Corn Belt
  • Excellent eye appeal
  • Large, flexible ear

MYCOGEN

2W705 — 111-day RM (HXX/RR)

  • Excellent stalk strength, staygreen quality
  • Good overall plant health
  • Well-fitted for maturity zones 6, 7
  • Strong east, central performance — particularly in Iowa, Illinois

2G611 — 106-day RM (YGVT3)

  • Offers high yields, exceptional fall drydown
  • Shows good tolerance to northern leaf blight, leaf anthracnose
  • Produces consistent girthy ears with good test weight
  • Widely adapted from Ohio to Colorado

2K662 — 108-day RM (HXX/RR)

  • Produces girthy ears with deep kernels for excellent top-end yield potential
  • Designed with solid stalks, roots; good late-season appearance
  • Offers good tolerance to gray leaf spot
  • Widely adapted from east to west

NC+

4517VT3 — 109-day RM (YGVT3/RR2)

  • Wide area of adaptation; top choice for planting early in residue
  • Strong roots; good season-long plant health
  • Exceptional choice for corn-corn
  • High populations give best yield potential

4022VT3 — 109-day RM(YGVT3/RR2)

  • High yield potential, top choice genetics to place on best yield environments
  • Improved fall plant health to maximize harvest efficiency
  • Improved stalks, roots for greater standability
  • Avoid areas where above-average gray leaf spot tolerance is needed

4582VT3 — 110-day RM (YGVT3/RR2)

  • Excellent no-till, early planting choice
  • Excellent disease package for season-long, late-season plant health
  • Good stalks, improved roots
  • Strong defensive agronomics; best adapted to eastern Corn Belt

NK

N68B-CB/LL/RW — 110-day RM (CB/LL/RW)

  • Top-end yield punch for grain, silage
  • Good drought tolerance, ear flex support high yields
  • Excellent roots, very good stalks for strong standability
  • Characterized for high extractable starch

N53W-3000GT — 105-day RM (GT/CB/LL/RW)

  • Harvest big yields
  • Good GLS, NCLB protection; strong agronomics
  • Good choice for early plant, no-till
  • Characterized for dry grind, high extractable starch

N72Q-CB/LL/RW — 112-day RM (CB/LL/RW)

  • Powerful disease protection for top yields
  • Superior plant health with excellent GLS, SCLB resistance
  • Corn-corn choice with good emergence, seedling growth
  • Characterized for dry-grind ethanol, high extractable starch

PIONEER

35K33 — 105-day RM (HXX/LL/RR2)

  • Excellent yield potential
  • Solid agronomics including above-average roots, mid-season brittle stalk resistance, drought tolerance, stress emergence
  • Resistance to Fusarium ear rot

35F44 — 105-day RM (HXX/LL/RR2)

  • Banner yield potential
  • Strong agronomics
  • Proven performance across all yield levels
  • Performance advantage in drought-prone environments

33W84 — 111-day RM (HXX/LL/RR2)

  • Suitable for moderate- to high-yielding environments, early planting
  • Use on soils with good water-holding capacity

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