Seed Company Review: Dyna-Gro Looks to Expand its Footprint
December 7, 2020 Dyna-Gro is driving the transition of its variety offerings to Bollgard 3 technology and is focusing on the addition of native traits like salinity tolerance, bacterial blight resistance, and Verticillium wilt tolerance. Combined with high yields, good fiber quality, and strong seedling vigor, the company is garnering more attention across the Belt.
Frank Groves, Dyna-Gro Cotton Business and Research Manager, says three new varieties that performed well in 2020 will be in greater supply next season. DG 3799 B3XF will be the company’s fullest season product and will fit well in Georgia. It is a tall, aggressive plant that yields very well. It has bacterial blight resistance and Verticillium wilt tolerance.
“It is going to pair well with DG 3615 B3XR, which has led the Georgia official variety trials (OVTs) the last couple of years,” Groves says. “DG 3615 B3XR also does well in Texas on the southern High Plains all the way down to the Coastal Plains.”
DG 3456 B3XR is going to be a fit in the Delta and upper Southeast. “This early-mid maturing variety has outstanding yield potential and a good fiber package,” Groves says. “We are hoping it will displace our Bollgard 2 varieties in the Mid-South over to the Carolinas.”
DG 3535 B3XR will have a similar footprint, but slightly broader being a true mid-maturity variety. “I have seen this variety work well across the Belt,” Groves says. “It looks good in west Texas all the way to Georgia. It handles stress better and really shines on those tough acres. It is a workhorse.”
Dyan-Gro’s Halo Series offers salt tolerance and is going to be a priority in the company’s breeding program. DG H959 B3XF has provided good results in Texas where salinity is problem.
“It is a true mid-maturity variety with outstanding seedling vigor, and it comes with bacterial blight resistance and Verticillium wilt tolerance,” Groves says. “This one has a large footprint of adaptability. Certainly it has done well in Texas but will be worth a look across the Belt where you have salinity problems. We have had some growers who had quit planting cotton on some land where salt was bad that have planted DG H959 B3XF on it and had success. We are looking to expand this native salt-tolerant trait throughout our product pipeline.”
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