Pioneer Releases New Corn Hybrids
January 4, 2008| |
Pioneer Hi-Bred released 59 new Pioneer brand corn hybrids in North America for the 2008 planting season. This includes 23 new genetic families matched with technology from the Herculex® family of insect protection traits and the Roundup Ready® Corn 2 trait. This class consists of 15 Pioneer double-stack hybrids containing the Herculex I gene and the Roundup Ready Corn 2 trait; and 22 new triple stack hybrids with insect protection and the Roundup Ready® Corn 2 trait.
To meet market demands, Pioneer has also made available white and waxy hybrids. White corn is used primarily in products for human consumption and waxy is used for syrups, ethanol and other specialty starch products.
Visit http://www.pioneer.com/web/site/portal/menuitem.9857fbf220a03204a0030d05d10093a0/ for the full release.
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