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Product Overview

This excellent northern hybrid also moves west. LH 2977 VT2 PRO RIB flowers early for this relative maturity. It holds plant height and ear height in stress situations. This hybrid performs well in low-yield environments and responds to higher populations on more productive soils.

Key Features

  • Maturity 79.0 RM
  • Trait VT2 PRO RIB
  • Tech Sheet Download

Hybrid Advantages

  • Very strong agronomics
  • Great plant and ear height that is maintained in tougher conditions
  • Very good overall disease package
  • Best performance when kept in zone and North
Field X Field
  • Highly Productive and Irrigated Fields 0
Agronomic Characteristics
  • Emergence 0.0
  • Flowering for Maturity 0.0
  • Early Vigor 1.5
  • Stalk Strength 2.0
  • Root Strength 2.0
  • Stay Green 2.0
  • Drydown 1.5
  • Test Weight 1.5
  • Drought Tolerance 2.0
  • Foliar Fungicide 2.0
  • Herbicide Sensitivity 0.0
  • Suggested Population 32-36
  • Corn-on-Corn 4.0
  • Stress Tolerance 0.0
  • Row Spacing
  • SCN Resistance
Plant Characteristics
  • Plant Height
  • Ear Height Medium
  • Ear Type Flex
  • Number of Kernel Rows 14-16
  • Cob Color Red
  • Husk Cover Medium
  • Shank Length Medium
  • Leaf Angle Semi-Upright
Disease Ratings
  • Goss's Wilt 2.0
  • Common Rust 0.0
  • Southern Leaf Blight 0.0
  • Northern Leaf Blight 1.5
  • Anthracnose Stalk Rot 3.0
  • Eye Spot 0.0
  • Gray Leaf Spot 3.0
Key
Rating Scale

1 = Excellent; 2 = Very Good; 3 = Good; 4 = Fair; 5 = Poor; N/A = Not Applicable

Herbicide Sensitivity

PI = Pigment Inhibitors; Pre PI = Pigment Inhibitors applied Pre-Emergence; SU = Sulfonylureas; GR = Growth Regulators

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Key
Rating Scale

1 = Excellent; 2 = Very Good; 3 = Good; 4 = Fair; 5 = Poor; N/A = Not Applicable

Phytophthora Root Rot Race Resistance

Resistant varieties carry the major gene reported to be resistant to these races: Rps1-a: 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 15-18, 24, 26,27; Rps1-k: 1-11, 13-15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 26; Rps6: 1-4, 10, 12, 14-16, 18-21, 25; Rps1-c: 1-3, 6-11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 26; Rps3-a: 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 23, 25

Varieties containing these genes are resistant to the following races of Soybean Cyst Nematode:

Pl88788: F= 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14; Peking: P= 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15

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