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Product Overview

LH 5517 VT2 PRO RIB is broadly adapted from Nebraska to southern Wisconsin and into northern Illinois. It has very good stalks, roots and test weight with impressive ear flex. LH 5517 VT2 PRO RIB is best suited for medium to higher end yield environments at medium to higher populations. It is a Grain First / Silage Capable hybrid.

Key Features

  • Maturity 105.0 RM
  • Trait VT2 PRO RIB
  • Tech Sheet Download

Hybrid Advantages

  • Consistent top-end performance at 105-day RM
  • Nice all-around disease package
  • Very good test weight and grain quality
  • Widely adapted east to west
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 1.5
  • Root Strength 1.5
  • Stay Green 2.0
  • Drydown 2.0
  • Test Weight 1.5
  • Drought Tolerance 3.0
  • Foliar Fungicide 2.0
  • Herbicide Sensitivity 0.0
  • Suggested Population 32-36
  • Corn-on-Corn 3.0
  • 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 Short
  • Leaf Angle Semi-Erect
Disease Ratings
  • Goss's Wilt 1.5
  • Common Rust 2.0
  • Southern Leaf Blight 2.0
  • Northern Leaf Blight 1.5
  • Anthracnose Stalk Rot 0.0
  • 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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