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News Release
MYCOGEN SEEDS INTRODUCES NEW CANOLA VARIETY FOR 2000
10/4/1999
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Eagan, Minn., Oct. 1, 1999 . . . Mycogen Seeds has added canola to its product
lineup for the 2000 growing season.
The first variety to be introduced is part of a new line of canola from Mycogen Seeds
and Dow AgroSciences, known as Nexera™ Canola, that focuses on market-specific
qualities for specific end-use markets.
Nex 500 is a full-season variety that reaches maturity in approximately 95 days. It
has demonstrated excellent yield potential and good lodging resistance. It displays good
general plant health and is rated moderately resistant to blackleg.
"Nex 500 is one of the most consistent performers in canola trials," says
Paul Holmen, canola product manager for Mycogen Seeds. "Trial after trial, in a wide
variety of growing conditions and weather, Nex 500 has grown and yielded reliably."
For more information about Mycogen Seeds and its products, contact your local Mycogen
Seeds dealer or call (800) 380-7282.
A local business unit of Dow AgroSciences, Mycogen Seeds markets grain corn, silage
corn and nutritionally enhanced corn seed, as well as sunflower, canola, soybean, alfalfa
and sorghum seed through the Corn Belt, the eastern United States and in major dairy areas
throughout the nation. Mycogen is an acknowledged leader in developing technology-based
products to control agricultural pests and improve food and fiber production. For more
information on Mycogen Seeds, go to www.mycogen.com
on the Internet.
Contacts:
Pat
Arthur
Heidi
Holte
Mycogen
Seeds
Bader
Rutter & Associates
(651) 405-5953
(414)
784-7200
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