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Product Overview

This proven 102-day SmartStax hybrid has very good test weight and some ear flex. It handles lower-yield situations but competes very well in high-yield environments. With very good emergence and early growth, this a great no-till choice with above-average drought tolerance.

Key Features

  • Maturity 102.0 RM
  • Trait Smart Stax
  • Tech Sheet Download

Hybrid Advantages

  • SmartStax verison of LH 5245 VT2 PRO
  • Terrific vigor for reduced tillage and early planting
  • Semi-flex ear with excellent test weight grain
  • Very good Gosss Wilt tolerance
Field X Field
  • Southern Moderately Productive / Average Fields Blight 1
  • Less Productive / Stressed Fields 2
Agronomic Characteristics
  • Emergence 1.8
  • Flowering for Maturity 0.0
  • Early Vigor 1.7
  • Stalk Strength 2.0
  • Root Strength 2.0
  • Stay Green 2.0
  • Drydown 2.5
  • Test Weight 1.5
  • Drought Tolerance 2.5
  • Foliar Fungicide 0.0
  • Herbicide Sensitivity 0.0
  • Suggested Population 28-36
  • Corn-on-Corn 2.0
  • Stress Tolerance 0.0
  • Row Spacing
  • SCN Resistance
Plant Characteristics
  • Plant Height
  • Ear Height Medium
  • Ear Type Semi-Flex
  • Number of Kernel Rows 14-16
  • Cob Color Red
  • Husk Cover Short
  • Shank Length Medium Short
  • Leaf Angle Semi-Upright
Disease Ratings
  • Goss's Wilt 2.0
  • Common Rust 2.5
  • Southern Leaf Blight 2.0
  • Northern Leaf Blight 2.5
  • Anthracnose Stalk Rot 0.0
  • Eye Spot 2.0
  • 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

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