Guelph, Ontario, Canada
December 3, 2008
The results are in and for a
second consecutive year
Monsanto's YieldGard VT Triple hybrids proved that it pays
to use Monsanto corn technology on rotated ground. Multiple year
data confirms YieldGard VT Triple corn provides a yield
advantage on rotated ground relative to products without
protection against corn rootworm from the same genetic family.
Over two years and 155 sites, YieldGard VT Triple has a yield
advantage, on average, of 2.8(i) bushels per acre on rotated
ground.
"With land and input costs high, Canadian growers are interested
in maximizing the productivity from each acre of land," says
Mike Nailor, trait marketing manager for Monsanto Canada. "By
taking advantage of YieldGard VT Triple technology, our latest
research confirms that growers can be confident they will be
maximizing their profitability when using this technology on
rotated ground."
Launched in Canada in 2008, YieldGard VT Triple provides above
and below ground insect protection and offers growers the
flexibility to use Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides as
their weed control system. Originally designed for areas with
high rootworm pressure, Monsanto Canada's Technology Development
group discovered that the bigger and healthier roots of
YieldGard VT Triple plants also showed tangible benefits on
rotated ground.
Dr. Mark Lawton, technology development lead for Eastern Canada
says that YieldGard VT Triple has proven advantages on rotated
ground in both dry and wet years.
"The advantage of YieldGard VT Triple on rotated ground was
obvious in a dry year like 2007 since it's root mass was
generally larger and healthier and the plants were better able
to seek out available moisture," says Lawton. "But to see a
similar yield response in a wet year like 2008 confirms that the
advantages of YieldGard VT Triple on rotated ground are real and
beneficial."
YieldGard VT Triple products are available from leading seed
brands in Ontario and Quebec.
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part of the larger global Monsanto family. Monsanto Company is
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technology-based solutions and agricultural products that
improve farm productivity and food quality. Monsanto remains
focused on enabling both small-holder and large-scale farmers to
produce more from their land while conserving more of our
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(i) Based on 155 Monsanto conducted trials 2007-2008. Trials
compared YieldGard VT Triple and YieldGard(R) Plus with Roundup
Ready Corn 2 versus products without protection against corn
rootworm with the same genetics.
Always read and follow pesticide label directions.
Roundup Ready(R) crops contain genes that confer tolerance to
glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup(R) agricultural
herbicides. Roundup agricultural herbicides will kill crops that
are not glyphosate tolerant. Roundup(R), Roundup Ready(R),
YieldGard and YieldGard VT Triple are trademarks of Monsanto
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