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Product Overview

This VT2 PRO version of LH 5959 SS features a very wide area of adaptation. It performs well across Nebraska, Iowa and into Illinois, as well as south of U.S. 20. With a medium ear type between flex and determinate, this hybrid responds both to high management and variable soils. It has an excellent score for Gosss Wilt and is very good against both Northern and Southern Leaf Blights.

Key Features

  • Maturity 108.0 RM
  • Trait VT2 PRO RIB

Hybrid Advantages

  • Great performance across multiple seasons
  • Excellent scores for Gosss Wilt and leaf blights
  • Moderate ear flex; responds to high management
  • VT2 PRO version of LH 5949 SS
Field X Field
  • Highly Productive and Irrigated Fields 2
  • Southern Moderately Productive / Average Fields Blight 1
  • Less Productive / Stressed Fields 2
Agronomic Characteristics
  • Emergence 2.5
  • Flowering for Maturity 0.0
  • Early Vigor 2.5
  • Stalk Strength 2.5
  • Root Strength 2.0
  • Stay Green 3.0
  • Drydown 2.5
  • Test Weight 2.5
  • Drought Tolerance 3.0
  • Foliar Fungicide 0.0
  • Herbicide Sensitivity 0.0
  • Suggested Population 30-36
  • Corn-on-Corn 3.0
  • Stress Tolerance 0.0
  • Row Spacing
  • SCN Resistance
Plant Characteristics
  • Plant Height
  • Ear Height Medium
  • Ear Type Medium
  • Number of Kernel Rows 16-18
  • Cob Color Red
  • Husk Cover Medium
  • Shank Length Medium
  • Leaf Angle Semi-Upright
Disease Ratings
  • Goss's Wilt 1.5
  • Common Rust 2.0
  • Southern Leaf Blight 2.0
  • Northern Leaf Blight 2.0
  • Anthracnose Stalk Rot 2.5
  • 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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