Six New FiberMax and Stoneville Cotton Varieties Coming for 2025
February 3, 2025 BASF is adding two FiberMax and four Stoneville cotton seed varieties to the company’s portfolio for 2025.
All six varieties for 2025 include Axant Flex herbicide tolerance technology – cotton’s first quad-stacked herbicide trait – and three-gene insect control with the TwinLink Plus trait.
With these new additions, the FiberMax and Stoneville cotton seed portfolio features a total of 13 varieties.
“We know cotton farmers need top-end genetics and leading traits to combat the many challenges that threaten yield potential,” says Andrew Adams, Cotton Marketing Manager for BASF Agricultural Solutions. “Every year, new BASF varieties are introduced after thorough testing and on-farm Agronomic Performance Trials, and we are thrilled to introduce six new varieties to the FiberMax and Stoneville cotton seed portfolio this year.”
The high-performing new varieties include:
- FM 757AXTP: A new early maturing FiberMax variety for the southwestern United States, featuring very good fiber quality, good resistance to bacterial blight, easy to manage growth, and strong performance on a variety of soil types.
- FM 814AXTP: An early-to-mid-maturing FiberMax variety for the Northern High Plains, Southern High Plains, Rolling Plains regions, and Oklahoma. This new easy-to-grow variety provides excellent Verticillium wilt tolerance, has resistance to bacterial blight, and delivers good tolerance to root-knot nematode and Fusarium wilt.
- ST 4215AXTP: An early maturing Stoneville variety recommended for the North Delta, South Delta, Mid-Atlantic, and Far West regions of the U.S. Cotton Belt. ST 4215AXTP features easy-to-manage plant height, is well-suited for irrigated production, and has good resistance to bacterial blight.
- ST 4833AXTP: A new early-to-mid-maturing Stoneville variety targeted for the North Delta, South Delta, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Far West regions. ST 4833AXTP has tall plant height and large seed size with excellent emergence, the ability to perform well on dryland and sandy soils, and a great disease package with tolerance to root knot nematodes, Verticillium wilt, Fusarium wilt, and strong resistance to bacterial blight.
- ST 5855AXTP: A new mid-to-full-maturing Stoneville variety for the South Delta, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Rolling Plains and Far West regions, as well as east Texas, south Texas, and Oklahoma. This variety produces a good stalk on sandier soils, has tolerance to root-knot nematodes and resistance to bacterial blight, and features great micronaire and strength.
- ST 5931AXTP: A mid-to-full-maturing Stoneville variety for the South Delta, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southern High Plains, Far West and Rolling Plains regions, as well as east Texas, south Texas, and Oklahoma. This new variety features good performance on many soil types, resistance against reniform and root-knot nematodes, outstanding disease tolerance against Fusarium wilt and Verticillium wilt, resistance to bacterial blight, and a large seed size with excellent emergence.
More information on the entire FiberMax and Stoneville variety portfolio can be found at FiberMax.com and Stoneville.com. Information on current performance trial data is also available online.
Information from BASF
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