DeKalb Introduces 30 New Corn Seed Brands

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Andrea Klosterman Harris|2 December 2008

The latest lineup of DeKalb corn products offer farmers a wide selection of built-in traits, allowing growers to select the specific Monsanto trait or trait combinations best-suited for their field conditions and management practices, including YieldGard VT Triple.

Detailed below are five of the new product options, according to the company:

  • DKC63-97 — 113 RM YieldGard VT Triple, Roundup Ready 2 technology: Provides very good root and stalk strength, as well as excellent yield performance across a wide range of environments. The product moves south very well for the maturity and also offers a good plant disease package, which includes gray leaf spot tolerance.
     
  • DKC65-63 — 115 RM YieldGard VT Triple, Roundup Ready 2 technology: Provides excellent stalk strength and strong roots, as well as superior staygreen and harvest appearance. It delivers consistent performance across soil types and tillage practices.
     
  • DKC67-22 — 117 RM Roundup Ready 2 technology: The very good root strength and drought tolerance of this brand makes it a good choice for Delta growers, in addition to its very good harvest appearance and test weight. It also shows very good emergence, root strength and drydown.
     
  • DKC68-06 — 118 RM Roundup Ready 2 technology, YieldGard corn borer: Growers can count on this brand to provide consistently high yield performance across a wide geography. It also offers excellent emergence and seedling vigor for reduced-tillage systems, as well as good staygreen and overall plant health paired with tremendous root and stalk strength.
     
  • DKC69-40 — 119 RM YieldGard VT Triple, Roundup Ready 2 technology: Adaptable to all crop rotations, including corn on corn, DKC69-40 provides excellent yield potential across a wide range of environments. It also offers growers excellent roots and stalks and a very good overall disease package.

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