WinField is excited to announce 33 new high-performing soybean varieties in its 2013 lineup, nearly all featuring Genuity® Roundup Ready 2 Yield® technology. The new varieties provide powerful pest and disease resistance and will deliver potential for increased yield gains.
“Investments in breeding technology have accelerated the process of getting much-needed, higher-performing genetics to the field,” says Jack Carlson, Ph.D., soybean director, WinField. “These new varieties meet a number of production challenges and offer farmers the potential to reap meaningful yield increases.”
Carlson cites 2012 data gathered from nearly 200 research locations in the company’s national Answer Plot® Program that show Genuity® Roundup Ready 2 Yield® varieties not only offer a two-bushel-per-acre improvement over the previous class, they also out-yielded original Roundup Ready® varieties by an average of five bushels per acre. “With current market prices for soybeans, there’s a significant financial incentive to choose new technology,” he says. “Farmers who plant old-technology genetics will sell themselves short and may miss significant opportunities.”
The 2013 lineup features multiple varieties in each maturity to help farmers meet local production challenges, such as increasing soybean cyst nematode (SCN) pressure and new resistant strains of Phytophthora root rot (PRR).
“Many soybean growers have been waiting for a solution to combat new races of PRR,” says Carlson. “Now several new Genuity® Roundup Ready 2 Yield® varieties feature a gene, Rps3a, which offers more complete protection for this devastating disease.”
Carlson says there’s still time make the best choices for spring planting. Supplies of top-performing varieties in all maturities are still available.
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2013 CROPLAN® Seed Soybean Variety Highlights
Group 0
· R2T0312 — Outstanding yield potential across Minnesota and North Dakota. Features the Rps3a gene for excellent Phytophthora root rot (PRR) control. Delivers medium sized plants with intermediate canopy, good standability and high-stress tolerance.
· R2C0842 — Offers a new choice for managing soybean cyst nematode (SCN) with a significant yield advantage over the competition. Delivers medium-sized plants with bushy canopy, well developed lower pods, good standability and high stress tolerance. Rps3a gene provides excellent PRR resistance.
Group I
· R2C1312 — Fills the need for SCN resistance in early maturities. It features excellent emergence and good Sclerotinia white mold (SWM) resistance.
· R2C1572 — Early maturity version of standout R2C2070. Performs well from East to West delivering medium-type plants with intermediate bushy canopy. Excellent standability, emergence and stress tolerance. Features the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance plus good iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC), sudden death syndrome (SDS), SWM and brown stem rot (BSR) resistance.
· R2C1972 — Medium-type plants with intermediate canopy. Features an excellent disease package, including very good SWM resistance and the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance.
Group II
· R2C2072 — Related to high-performing R2C2070, this new variety delivers medium-type plants with intermediate bushy canopy and excellent standability. Features the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance, plus very good IDC, SDS and BSR resistance.
· R2C2332 — This new variety replaces R2C2251 and has high-performing RC2257 in its background. Delivers medium-type plants with intermediate bushy canopy, excellent emergence, stress tolerance and standability. Features the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance, plus very good IDC resistance.
· R2C2800 — Multiple geographies can benefit from this widely adapted variety. Delivers medium-tall plants with a bushy canopy. Disease resistance includes SWM, IDC and the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance.
Group III
· R2C3442 — Performs best in the central Corn Belt. It offers an excellent overall disease defense package, including SDS, SWM and BSR resistance, and the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance. Delivers medium-tall plants with intermediate canopy.
· R2C3562 — Outstanding performance recorded in Indiana and Ohio. Offers medium-tall plants with narrow canopy and incredible stress tolerance. Features the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance. Resistant to BSR and SDS.
· R2C3822 — Adds genetic diversity to the lineup. It’s proven background offers excellent yield potential along with excellent PRR and SDS resistance and very good IDC resistance. Delivers medium-tall plants with intermediate bushy canopy and very good standability.
Group IV
· R2C4412 — A top choice for Missouri, Mid-South and Delta growers. Performs best in loams and mixed soils. It offers excellent emergence and standability and features an impressive disease-resistance package including resistance to stem canker (SC), root knot nematode (RKN) and SDS. Features the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance.
· R2C4752S — Strong performing variety across the Midwest, East Coast, Mid-South and Delta. Excellent standability and a top greenstem rating. Its comprehensive disease package includes resistance to STS, SDS, SC and features the Rps1c gene for PRR resistance. Delivers medium plants with intermediate-bushy canopy.
Group V-VII
· R2C5371 — This determinate, excluder variety placed #1 in our Group V Answer Plot summary data in 2012. Provides resistance to SDS, FE and SCN. Delivers medium plants with an intermediate canopy.
· R2C5482 — This determinate, excluder variety offers good standability in all soil types. Disease resistance includes SC, FE and PRR. Delivers tall plants with an intermediate-bushy canopy.
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