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Product Overview

LH 6069 SS is the SmartStax version of our popular LH 5965 VT2 PRO. This medium-tall hybrid with semi-flex ears brings strong yield potential across a wide range of environments. It moves north or south out of zone and can handle a wide range of planting populations. This is an excellent hybrid under irrigation. It also handles more variable soils. It carries very good tolerance to Gosss Wilt, Eye Spot, as well as both Northern and Southern Leaf Blights.

Key Features

  • Maturity 110.0 RM
  • Trait Smart Stax
  • Tech Sheet Download

Hybrid Advantages

  • SmartStax version of high-yielding LH 5965 VT2 PRO
  • Very good Gosss Wilt score
  • Good ear flex for variable planting populations
  • Terrific yields across all environments
Field X Field
  • Highly Productive and Irrigated Fields 1
  • Southern Moderately Productive / Average Fields Blight 2
  • Less Productive / Stressed Fields 3
Agronomic Characteristics
  • Emergence 2.5
  • Flowering for Maturity 0.0
  • Early Vigor 2.5
  • Stalk Strength 2.5
  • Root Strength 2.5
  • Stay Green 3.0
  • Drydown 2.0
  • Test Weight 2.5
  • Drought Tolerance 2.0
  • Foliar Fungicide 0.0
  • Herbicide Sensitivity 0.0
  • Suggested Population 28-36
  • Corn-on-Corn 2.1
  • Stress Tolerance 0.0
  • Row Spacing
  • SCN Resistance
Plant Characteristics
  • Plant Height
  • Ear Height Medium
  • Ear Type Semi-Flex
  • Number of Kernel Rows 16-18
  • Cob Color Red
  • Husk Cover Medium
  • Shank Length Medium
  • Leaf Angle Upright
Disease Ratings
  • Goss's Wilt 2.0
  • Common Rust 2.5
  • Southern Leaf Blight 2.0
  • Northern Leaf Blight 2.0
  • Anthracnose Stalk Rot 3.0
  • 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

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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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