Mycogen Seeds Introduces 15 New Soybean Lines for 2013
•New soybeans fit a variety of growing environments and planting practices
•Count on Mycogen Seeds to provide top-performing soybeans and experienced on-farm support
•MYCOGEN® brand soybeans help growers maximize the yield potential on their farms
INDIANAPOLIS — Aug. 14, 2012 — Mycogen Seeds is offering 15 new soybean lines with the Roundup Ready 2 Yield® trait for the 2013 growing season. The new products will provide growers with innovative technology combined with strong genetic performance.
“Growers can count on Mycogen Seeds to provide top-performing soybeans with the added benefit of experienced on-farm support,” says John Kalthoff, Mycogen Seeds portfolio marketing leader for oil seeds. “Our commitment to technological advances has led to MYCOGEN brand soybean lines that can help growers reach their farm’s maximum potential.”
Featured new soybean lines
5H009R2 is a tall plant with very good standability and tolerance to white mold. This 00 maturity line works well in all row widths and planting practices, especially where soybean cyst nematode is a problem.
5B012R2 offers good stress tolerance and is adapted east to west. This Early Group 0 plant provides tolerance to iron deficiency chlorosis and has ideal height and standability to work across a range of planting conditions.
5B040R2 has agronomics to handle tough Red River Valley soils and from east to west or north to south. This Group 0 plant has excellent emergence and can be planted with confidence on high-pH soils.
5B112R2 provides protection against Phytophthora with rps1k. It is an Early Group 1 line with a bushy plant type that excels in wider row widths and has great yield potential. 5B112R2 is broadly adapted east to west and north to south.
5N143R2 has very good tolerance to white mold, brown stem rot and iron deficiency chlorosis. This Group 1 line performs well in all row widths and planting practices. 5N143R2 has outstanding yield potential with great agronomics.
5N206R2 is an Early Group 2 line with soybean cyst nematode resistance and very good disease ratings for sudden death syndrome, Phtyophthora and brown stem rot. It performs well across all row widths and planting practices, and offers excellent yield potential west to east.
5N235R2 has outstanding emergence and stress tolerance to go across many soil types. It has good branching and standability and works well in all row widths. 5N235R2, an Early Group 2 line, also provides tolerance to Phytophthora with Rps1c.
5N243R2, an attractive plant that performs well west to east, offers great tolerance to brown stem rot and sudden death syndrome. 5N243R2 is a Group 2 line that also provides stability across different environments, especially in Iowa and Illinois.
5B255R2 is a broadly adapted variety with STS (Sulfonylurea Tolerant Soybean) tolerance. This Group 2 line also offers stress tolerance, strong emergence and solid standability to work in all planting practices. As a replacement product for 5B261RR, it offers brown stem rot resistance and good tolerance to Iron Chlorosis Deficiency.
5N262R2 performs best in Central Iowa and east, and offers very good protection against Phytophthora root rot. The Late Group 2 line is recommended for emergence, plant height and standability for all planting practices.
5N305R2 offers strong yield performance west to east and very good disease tolerance to Pyhtophthora, brown stem, white mold and sudden death syndrome. It is an Early Group 3 line with superior standability and emergence to fit into all planting practices.
5N331R2 works well as a full-season product in the northern part of its maturity zone. It is a broadly adapted Early Group 3 product that can be planted in wide or narrow row systems. 5N331R2 also has very good emergence and stress tolerance to handle all soil types.
5N372R2 is a broadly adapted variety that provides protection against Phytophthora root rot. This Late Group 3 line has excellent standability and emergence to handle a wide range of planting practices.
5N423R2 is an Early Group 4 line with good stress tolerance and STS tolerance useful in areas where herbicide carryover may be an issue. It also offers very good tolerance to frogeye leaf spot and sudden death diseases.
Promise for advanced technology
The portfolio of MYCOGEN brand soybeans offers a wide range of agronomic qualities and maturities. Mycogen Seeds has made a commitment to provide customers with new technology, and growers will see the future of soybeans through Mycogen Seeds.
“We are committed to meeting the needs of our growers,” Kalthoff says. “Through ongoing research and development, we plan to continue producing dependable soybeans with the latest technology.”
For more information about these new soybean products or other MYCOGEN brand products, contact your local Mycogen Seeds dealer or sales representative, or visit
www.MYCOGEN.com.
About Mycogen Seeds
Mycogen Seeds is a retail seed company of Dow AgroSciences LLC and a developer and marketer of leading corn hybrids, the market leader in SILAGE-SPECIFIC™ corn hybrids and sunflower hybrids, as well as an industry leader in canola, alfalfa, soybeans and sorghum. For more information about MYCOGEN brand products, visit
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