Corn farmers may soon have access to DuPont Pioneer鈥檚 new Qrome technology.
Pioneer brand Qrome products are in the final stage of local field testing and could be available for a wide-area launch as soon as 2017.
鈥淨rome is our new proprietary molecular stack trait that we鈥檙e using to better insert traits into corn plants,鈥 said Steve Sieg, DuPont Pioneer account manager.
New, high-yielding Qrome products will be equipped with proven insect protection technologies and strong agronomics for maximum production.
The insect protection and herbicide tolerance in Qrome products are similar to Optimum AcreMax XTreme products with a dual mode of action pyramid for above- and below-ground protection.
The products will also have a 5 percent integrated refuge single-bag solution.
鈥淢ainly it opens up the germplasm,鈥 said Sieg. 鈥淚t doubles basically the accessibility of hybrids. We鈥檙e going to be in a position to have full lineups of this new corn trait technology.鈥
The seed company is in the process of obtaining Qrome approvals, Sieg said.
He expects Qrome will provide farmers with many new hybrid options.
鈥淲hat this does is rather than looking at roughly 40-50 percent of our lineup 鈥 as far as what we can insert with Herculex traits 鈥 it now allows us to look at over 90 percent of our genetic package,鈥 he said.
鈥淭his is going to allow us to insert Herculex traits with a cleaner process, to give a true representation with all the genetic lines available.鈥
PO339AMXT includes stacked traits for above- and below-ground protection, plus great seed genetics. Steve Sieg, DuPont Pioneer account manager, encourages farmers to learn more about today鈥檚 hybrids. Photo by Andrea Johnson.