Atlanta, Georgia
January 9, 2002

Tests show top-end yield potential

Delta and Pine Land Company (D&PL) announced the addition of SG 215 BG/RR to its cotton products lineup for 2002. The product is a new high-yielding, early-maturing transgenic picker variety containing both Bollgard® and Roundup Ready® technologies. The announcement was made at the New Developments from Industry Session of the 2002 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Atlanta.

"SG 215 BG/RR is a widely adapted, early-maturing, stacked-gene picker variety that has produced high yields in a wide range of environments and will provide growers with a new tool with top-end yield potential," said Dr. Ken Lege', D&PL's director of technical services for the eastern Cotton Belt. "In head-to-head comparisons with early-maturing stacked-gene varieties, it consistently was the highest performer, both in lint yield and value."

Company and state official variety trial data show that SG 215 BG/RR has produced more lint yield per acre than other early-maturing varieties across the Cotton Belt. D&PL data also show that SG 215 BG/RR generated more crop revenue per acre than the other commercially available BG/RR varieties across the Cotton Belt.

SG 215 BG/RR has smooth leaves and very good seedling vigor. It is widely adapted to various soil types and farm practices, including conventional and minimum tillage, as well as ultra narrow row and skip row. 

For more information, see 2002 Final Beltwide Presentations on the Delta and Pine Land Company's website.

Delta and Pine Land Company is a commercial breeder, producer and marketer of cotton planting seed, as well as soybean seed in the Cotton Belt. For more than 80 years, the Mississippi-based company has used its extensive plant breeding programs drawing from a diverse germplasm base to develop superior varieties. Delta and Pine Land (NYSE: DLP) has offices in eight states and facilities in several foreign countries.