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Product Overview

This SmartStax® PRO RIB hybrid is a sound agronomic package with great stalks, roots and test weight. LH 5668 SS PRO RIB needs medium to higher populations in medium to higher end performance environments. The SmartStax PRO trait package provides three modes of rootworm resistance, which gives farmers more flexibility on acres with heavy rootworm infestations.

Key Features

  • Maturity 106.0 RM
  • Trait Smart Stax Pro
  • Tech Sheet Download

Hybrid Advantages

  • Very strong SmartStax PRO® hybrid!
  • Performs best at higher populations
  • Semi-fixed ear with great response to fungicide
  • Plant on acres with heavy CRW pressure to maximize trait protection
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 3.0
  • Drydown 2.0
  • Test Weight 2.0
  • Drought Tolerance 2.0
  • Foliar Fungicide 1.0
  • Herbicide Sensitivity 0.0
  • Suggested Population 30-36
  • Corn-on-Corn 2.0
  • 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 1.5
  • Southern Leaf Blight 1.5
  • Northern Leaf Blight 3.0
  • Anthracnose Stalk Rot 0.0
  • Eye Spot 1.5
  • 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

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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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