Des Moines, Iowa
January 8, 2009
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is releasing 96 new
Pioneer® brand corn products to growers across North America for
the 2009 planting season. This new advancement class includes 39
new genetic platforms providing improved genetic gain across all
maturities. The 2009 lineup features new double-stack and
triple-stack products that feature Herculex® insect protection
and the Roundup Ready® Corn 2 trait. Pioneer is committed to
providing both genetic and technology solutions that help
growers plant the right product on the right acre.
This new 2009 class is the result of an increased effort in
localized testing, featuring advancement decisions made by local
area sales and agronomy teams. The localized testing and
decision-making help ensure that Pioneer continues to deliver
local performance advantages and traits that meet customers'
needs on a field-by-field basis.
Of the 96 new commercial hybrids, 35 are double-stack products.
These hybrids contain the Herculex I gene and the Roundup Ready
Corn 2 trait. The Herculex I trait protects against European and
southwestern corn borer, western bean cutworm, black cutworm,
fall armyworm, corn earworm, sugarcane borer, southern cornstalk
borer and lesser cornstalk borer.
"Our double-stack products and hybrids with the Roundup Ready
Corn 2 trait for refuge are performing very well," says Bob
Heimbaugh, North American director of corn product evaluation
for Pioneer. "We provide growers with options that include
agronomic, disease and technology traits that fit the
performance and technology compliance needs of their own farming
operations."
This 2009 class also contains 36 triple-stack hybrids, with
protection featuring the Herculex XTRA traits. Herculex XTRA is
a combination of Herculex I and Herculex RW rootworm protection,
which in addition to above-ground protection, delivers
below-ground protection from western, northern and Mexican corn
rootworms.
"The new 2009 triple-stack hybrids have improved yield and
better drydown compared to our 2008 hybrids," Heimbaugh says.
"We are enthused about increasing our efforts for more localized
corn testing and decision-making," Heimbaugh says. "With local
testing results, Pioneer professionals can continue to help
growers make better decisions to improve their productivity and
protect their investment on a field-by-field basis."
Pioneer continues to provide industry-leading products to meet
grower and end-use market demands.
"For 2009, we will introduce two new white platforms, three
triple-stack white hybrids, two double-stack white hybrids and
three double-stack waxy hybrids," Heimbaugh says. "We want to
provide contract growers the technology to protect their corn
against above- and below-ground insects. These hybrids that
contain double- and triple-stack traits are becoming more
readily accepted by end-use industry processors."
Pioneer also is the first to provide a hybrid with genetic
resistance to anthracnose stalk rot - Pioneer brand hybrid 34F26
with the Roundup Ready Corn 2 trait - with more hybrids expected
in 2010.
For more information about these new hybrids and
technologies, contact your local Pioneer sales professional.
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is the world's leading
source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers
and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des
Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access to advanced plant genetics
in nearly 70 countries.
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in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable
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Herculex® Insect Protection technology by Dow AgroSciences and
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