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Product Overview

A strong, flex ear that can add girth and/or length with consistent kernel depth on very good stalks and roots allows LH 4957 VT2 PRO RIB to perform across yield environments at medium to low population levels. Its very good fall appearance, late-season intactness and strong disease package allow LH 4957 VT2 PRO RIB to handle wide soil variability across the acre.

Key Features

  • Maturity 99.0 RM
  • Trait VT2 PRO RIB
  • Tech Sheet Download

Hybrid Advantages

  • Excellent emergence and early vigor make this a top choice for no-till
  • Flex in this ear can be added in length, as well as girth
  • Very good stalks and roots
  • Good disease tolerance & test weight; carries ASR trait
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 1.5
  • Stay Green 2.0
  • Drydown 1.5
  • Test Weight 2.0
  • Drought Tolerance 2.0
  • Foliar Fungicide 3.0
  • Herbicide Sensitivity 0.0
  • Suggested Population 28,000-34,000
  • 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 16-18
  • 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 2.0
  • Anthracnose Stalk Rot 0.0
  • Eye Spot 0.0
  • Gray Leaf Spot 2.0
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

LEGAL
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

LEGAL