Get the Facts about Root Protection and Yield

So what drives yield? It's the total genetic package - elite germplasm, high-performance traits and a technology integration process that brings them together without sacrificing yield.

In a word, it's Agrisure^®.

High-Performance Traits. Elite Genetics. Advanced Technology Integration.

Get the facts:

1. Rootworm traits don't make your yield - they protect your yield.

• 2007 Iowa State University (ISU) corn rootworm trials¹ show there is not a clear correlation between root ratings and yield.
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2. Not all trait technologies are integrated equally.

• Adding a trait does not always have a positive impact on yield. Adding Herculex® RW to Herculex I actually decreased yield performance in 2007 ISU corn rootworm trials².
• When Syngenta breeders added the Agrisure RW trait to hybrids with Agrisure CB/LL, they actually increased yields an average of 3.7 bu/A in the absence of rootworm pressure³.
  
  
  
  
  
• Adding Herculex RW to Herculex I hybrids decreased yields an average of 7.8 bu/A from the same hybrid without Herculex RW⁴.
• Learn more about the impact of Technology Integration on yield.

3. Get Agrisure RW hybrids. Get results.

• Agrisure CB/LL/RW hybrids beat Pioneer brand Herculex XTRA hybrids by an average of 5.4 bu/A at 90 locations⁵ - including leading Pioneer hybrids 34A20, 36B05 and 34A18.
• Hear growers talk about their experiences planting hybrids with Agrisure RW
• View the new Agrisure RW TV spot featuring real growers and real yields from 2007
  

¹ Average root-injury, product consistency, percent lodging, and stand count for corn rootworm treatments (CRW transgenic strip tests), 2007, Iowa State University.

² Evaluation of corn Rootworm Hybrids, Iowa State University, Southeast, Northeast, and Northwest Research and Demonstration Farms.

³ 2007 Syngenta grower strip trial comparisons. Hybrids compared were within three days RM of one another.

⁴ All comparisons from 2007 Syngenta strip trials. Yield increase/decreases are based on comparisons between Agrisure CB/LL hybrids and Agrisure CB/LL/RW hybrids of similar genetics. Herculex comparisons consisted of 26 strip trial comparisons between 34A16 Herculex I and 34A18 Herculex XTRA hybrids.

⁵ Average yield increase when comparing isoline hybrids at 133 grower strip trials comparisons in 2007 where rootworm feeding was not present in untreated checks.

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