Pioneer Hi-Bred Releases 17 New Products for Drought-Stressed Environments
February 3, 2012| |
Pioneer Hi-Bred announced the release of 17 new hybrids of corn in the 96- to 116-day comparative maturities (CRMs) for drought-stressed environments, thus helping growers match the right hybrid with the right acre. Last year, they released eight Optimum AQUAmax hybrids which yielded an average of 7.1 percent higher in drought conditions and 3.4 percent higher in favorable weather conditions compared with other commercially-available corn hybrids. According to Pioneer, the newly released products would also exhibit the same benefits.
Drought tolerance is controlled by multiple genes and can be affected by environmental conditions, thus, the new products have several modes of action to provide maximum performance.
Read more about the new products at http://www.pioneer.com/home/site/about/news-media/news-releases/template.CONTENT/guid.ACE7C612-E701-BDAC-F795-7BC0FD016E24.
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