Deltapine Introduces Class of 11
January 6, 2011 “After successful launches with broadly-adapted varieties in the Clas of 09 and 10, we are pleased to offer DP 1133 B2RF and DP 1137 B2RF, two products targeted to more specific regions of the Belt for high-end performance,” said Keylon Gholston, Deltapine Products Manager at Monsanto. “These two Class of 11 varieties were tested in the New Product Evaluator program and demonstrated outstanding potential to improve yield and fiber quality performance in key markets.”
Deltapine tested DP 1133 B2RF as 09R555 and it is a mid-maturity variety with smooth leaves that showed its best performance in the lower Mid-South, east Texas and parts of the lower southeast. It offers a great combination of yield potential and fiber quality, the company said. When planted in vigorous growing conditions, DP 1133 is a bushy type plant that will need PGR applications at the 8- to 10-node stage. It is typically easy to manage with PGRs. The plant height is similar to DP 0912 B2RF and it appears to handle stress conditions very well, having done so in the Mid-South in 2010.
In two years of evaluations in east and central Texas and the Southern Rolling Plains, DP 1133 has shown better yield potential than the leading competitor variety, Deltapine said.
Tested as 09R619, DP 1137 is a mid-maturity varity with smooth leaves that has demonstrated outstanding yield potential for dryland situations in the upper southeast, the dryland acres of north Alabama and the dryland hills of the Mid-South. This variety has excellent early-season vigor when planted in good growing conditions, but its best fit is the droughty regions of the Carolinas and North Alabama, Deltapine said.
“The NPE program is a new variety program unlike any other in the Cotton Belt and with the solid support from our NPE farmers we are pleased to release these two exciting Deltapine Class of 11 varieties,” said Gholston.
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