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Product Overview

Broadly adapted to all yield environments, LH 5559 SS RIB has a strong disease package. It also has good ear flex and test weight with great early vigor. It handles Goss’s Bacterial Wilt well, too. LH 5559 SS RIB needs medium to higher end populations.

Key Features

  • Maturity 105.0 RM
  • Trait Smart Stax
  • Tech Sheet Download

Hybrid Advantages

  • Very good disease tolerance including excellent Gosss tolerance
  • Best performance at med-high to high populations
  • Fungicide highly recommended to maximize yield
  • Position across all productivity zones
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 2.5
  • Root Strength 3.0
  • Stay Green 3.0
  • Drydown 2.0
  • Test Weight 2.0
  • Drought Tolerance 2.0
  • Foliar Fungicide 1.5
  • 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 16-18
  • Cob Color Red
  • Husk Cover Medium
  • Shank Length Medium
  • Leaf Angle Semi-Flat
Disease Ratings
  • Goss's Wilt 1.5
  • Common Rust 0.0
  • Southern Leaf Blight 0.0
  • Northern Leaf Blight 3.0
  • Anthracnose Stalk Rot 2.0
  • Eye Spot 0.0
  • Gray Leaf Spot 2.5
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