Improving Standability in Corn Hybrids
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Brevant® brand corn products are bred for top performance in every condition.
CORTEVA TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SELECTING AND ADVANCING HYBRIDS FOR STANDABILITY.
- Plant breeding has a holistic approach to standability to address the different agronomic risks across the different growing areas of the US. Programs evaluate agronomic traits such as early roots, late roots, and brittle snap. More recently, susceptibility for willowing and green crimping have been added to the evaluation process.
BOREAS WIND MACHINE IS A PROPRIETARY PHENOTYPING TOOL CORTEVA USES TO CHARACTERIZE STANDABILITY.
- The Boreas wind machine is a unique tool to Corteva that allows breeders to evaluate product performance under high wind conditions. It provides consistent data year after year, leading to better advancement decisions.
- Boreas is typically used to generate a consistent wind of 40-80 miles per hour, based on the experiment.
- Boreas screening begins at early stages of product development and continues through to commercialization. Every corn product has been screened with Boreas approximately 35 times before it’s commercialized to ensure we understand and accurately characterize the standability risk of that hybrid.
WE ARE INNOVATING AND INVESTING IN STANDABILITY RESEARCH TO HELP FARMERS ACHIEVE HIGH YIELD WITH LOWER RISK.
- Wind happens. Our goal is to keep the balance of yield and agronomics of hybrids and characterize those hybrids well. Based on the research we invest into this trait, we have confidence in the characterization score that has been assigned to each.
The foregoing is provided for informational use only. Please contact your sales professional for information and suggestions specific to your operation. Product performance is variable and depends on many factors such as moisture and heat stress, soil type, management practices and environmental stress as well as disease and pest pressures. Individual results may vary.
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