Indianapolis, Indiana
July 5, 2007
A survey of more than 400 corn
producers across the U.S. Corn Belt found that HERCULEX® Insect
Protection in-plant traits provide excellent performance against
four key insects — European corn borer (ECB), corn rootworm
(CRW), western bean cutworm (WBCW) and black cutworm (BCW).
Corn growers who have used either HERCULEX I Insect Protection
for above-ground pests like ECB, WBCW or BCW or HERCULEX XTRA
Insect Protection for those insects plus CRW were asked to rate
the performance of HERCULEX versus those insects. Of the corn
producers surveyed, 99 percent said they were satisfied with ECB
performance; 98 percent for CRW and WBCW; and 97 percent for
BCW.
“These are phenomenal satisfaction results, and we’re very
pleased with the performance of HERCULEX traits,” says Ben
Kaehler, Traits & Germplasm Licensing Leader for
Dow AgroSciences.
“It reinforces that HERCULEX is providing our customers the best
insect protection available today.”
Kaehler adds that corn producers are beginning to understand the
advantages offered by HERCULEX® XTRA Insect Protection when
compared to other in-plant traits, such as YieldGard® Plus or
Yieldgard VT Triple™. While all three products control ECB and
CRW, only HERCULEX XTRA provides protection against WBCW, BCW
and fall armyworm.
According to the survey, the share of insect trait users
planting HERCULEX hybrids is likely to increase from 19 percent
in 2004 to 40 percent in 2007.
“HERCULEX is now available in the high-yielding hybrids of many
leading seed companies,” Kaehler says. “It just makes sense to
corn growers to use HERCULEX and have protection against insects
like black cutworm and western bean cutworm, in addition to corn
borers and rootworm.”
To learn more about HERCULEX® Insect Protection, visit
www.HERCULEX.net.
®HERCULEX is a trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC
®™YieldGard and YieldGard VT Triple are registered trademark of
Monsanto Company.
HERCULEX Insect Protection technology by Dow AgroSciences and
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