Great Lakes Hybrids, an international seed company, is announcing five new products for 1999. In addition to three new biotech corn products, the company will have two new STS soybean lines.

CORN

Great Lakes Hybrids introduces a new YieldGard® Bt / Roundup Ready stacked hybrid and two new Roundup Ready hybrids. These three products are available in very limited quantities, while supplies last.

5901 BTRR - 109 days
-YieldGard® gene resistance to European corn borer
-Roundup Ready® corn hybrid that is resistant to over-the-top application of Roundup Ultra® herbicide
-Great yield and agronomics
-Good stress and heat tolerance
-Good tolerance to leaf and stalk diseases
-Fast drydown
-Harvest populations: 28,000 - 34,000 ppa

4701 RR - 95/105 days
-Roundup Ready® corn hybrid that is resistant to over-the-top application of Roundup Ultra® herbicide
-Consistent top yield
-Excellent heat and drought stress tolerance
-Great stalks and strong roots
-Fast drydown
-Stable across environments
-Fast emergence for reduced or no-till situations
-High test weight
-Harvest populations: 28,000 - 34,000 ppa

5701 RR - 107 days
-Roundup Ready® corn hybrid that is resistant to over-the-top application of Roundup Ultra® herbicide
-Excellent yield for maturity
-Semi-flexible ear type with consistent ear size
-18 rows of kernels
-Fast drydown
-Average stalks and roots
-Works well on variable soil types
-Harvest populations: 28,000 - 32,000 ppa

SOYBEANS

These two new soybeans will help meet the growing demand for alternative weed control options, and complement our top performing Roundup Ready lines. They will be available in limited qualities, while supplies last.

STS soybean lines offer the benefits of Synchrony® and Reliance® herbicides which include broad-spectrum control of more than 30 broadleaf weeds; an easy to apply, low rate of usage; no carryover and a wide application window. STS soybeans also can be used in fields where there is potential Exceed® carryover from the previous year's corn crop.

XP 8324 STS - Mid group II
Unsurpassed yield with a great disease package
Rps1k gene for phytophthora
Great IDC score
Average tolerance to white mold
Topped A1900 in 52 locations last year by .9 bu/A
Topped P9204 in 53 locations last year by 2.4 bu/A

XP 8332 STS - Mid group III
A good shatter score and excellent stress tolerance
Rps1a gene for phytophthora
Good metribuzin tolerance (1.4)
Topped A3134 in 137 locations last year by .3 bu/A
Topped P9306 in 64 locations last year by 1.2 bu/A

Great Lakes Hybrids is affiliated with KWS in Germany, a seed-only company, and has research stations in Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and Puerto Rico. This research program has been able to produce top performing conventional genetics for incorporation of the new transgenic traits. For the latest information, visit http://www.glh-seeds.com .

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