Stay In Front Of The Eight Ball
A Heads-Up On Transition From
Bollgard To Bollgard II
Carroll Smith
Senior
A 'Step Up' In The Right Direction
Bollgard II and Roundup Ready Flex have brought a number of improvements to the insect and weed control arena. But, Dave Albers, Monsanto's cotton germplasm manager, is most excited about the new genetics that he sees coming in the pipeline.
"We've seen the first step up in yield with the Class of '09 varieties," he says.
In addition to data gathered from Monsanto's 2008 Field Advancement Cotton Trials (FACT), many cotton producers actually participated in New Plot Exposure (NPE) pre-commercial plots right on their own farms. Monsanto gave them enough seed to plant 15 acres – about a module-size trial – and asked them to manage the field appropriately for their respective operations and even run the cotton through their own gins.
At the end of the season, these NPE farmers turned over their season-long data to Monsanto, then the company made the call on what the Class of '09 varieties would be.
source : cottonfarming
A Heads-Up On Transition From
Bollgard To Bollgard II
Carroll Smith
Senior
A 'Step Up' In The Right Direction
Bollgard II and Roundup Ready Flex have brought a number of improvements to the insect and weed control arena. But, Dave Albers, Monsanto's cotton germplasm manager, is most excited about the new genetics that he sees coming in the pipeline.
"We've seen the first step up in yield with the Class of '09 varieties," he says.
In addition to data gathered from Monsanto's 2008 Field Advancement Cotton Trials (FACT), many cotton producers actually participated in New Plot Exposure (NPE) pre-commercial plots right on their own farms. Monsanto gave them enough seed to plant 15 acres – about a module-size trial – and asked them to manage the field appropriately for their respective operations and even run the cotton through their own gins.
At the end of the season, these NPE farmers turned over their season-long data to Monsanto, then the company made the call on what the Class of '09 varieties would be.
source : cottonfarming
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