Lubbock, Texas
July 23, 2007
Americot, Inc. introduces a new cotton with outstanding
yield potential. AM 1550 B2RF, which will be available for the
2008 season, is targeted for the North Mississippi River Delta
area growers.
“Americot’s new AM 1550 B2RF, which has performed very well from
Clarksdale north in the upper Mississippi River Delta, has the
potential to be a yielding machine,” says Dale Logan, Americot
Territory Manager for the Midsouth and Southeast. “This unique
Bollgard II®/Roundup Ready® Flex cotton is yet another example
of Americot’s commitment to Midsouth cotton growers.
“This variety has been in breeder trials in 46 locations for the
last two years and it finished as the number one yielder in
Tennessee, north Arkansas and Missouri, averaging 1,400 pounds
per acre."
This season, Americot has expanded its OVT testing of AM 1550
B2RF in four states across the South. Three twenty-acre test
plots are located in Tennessee, one in Missouri, one in
northeast Arkansas and one in North Carolina; seed production is
underway in Arizona.
AM 1550 B2RF is a bit later in maturity than AM 1532 B2RF and it
is a semi-smooth leaf cotton. Its average staple length is 35.6;
strength, 27.5; and micronaire, 4.5.
AM 1550 B2RF is a Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex cotton. "I have
seen a rapid grower acceptance of the Bollgard II and Flex
technologies since they have been introduced," Logan says. "When
I ride around with growers, they tell me that Flex is the way to
go on weed control and that Bollgard II provides excellent
broad-spectrum worm control, which is especially critical in the
Midsouth.”
Variety Development Program
“It looks as if our long hard work of variety testing in the
Midsouth and upper Delta is finally paying off for the region's
growers," Logan adds. "Americot conducts its own variety
development program. We are evaluating several lines this season
and have the potential to introduce one or two more new products
in 2008 targeted for the Midsouth.”
Germplasm that Americot recently acquired from Delta and Pine
Land will be used to develop new cotton products for the
Midsouth, Southeast and the Southwest regions. This germplasm
will complement Americot's cotton portfolio that includes the
widely adapted AM 1532 B2RF, which is a Bollgard II/Roundup
Ready Flex variety.
Americot has one of the largest germplasm bases available to
which it can combine with the latest and best biotechnology
traits from across the world to benefit U.S. growers. The
company has the freedom to stack anybody's technology traits in
future varieties. In 2008, Americot will launch two new Bollgard
II with Roundup Ready Flex products and three new Roundup Ready
Flex products.
Americot, Inc. headquartered in Lubbock, Texas provides
Southwest, Midsouth and Southeast cotton growers with quality
planting seed of varieties that offer high yield potential and
excellent fiber quality with the technologies that growers want
and need.
Americot® is a registered trademark of Americot, Inc.
Bollgard II® and Roundup Ready® are registered trademarks of
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