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New Hybrids for 2019

Saturday, December 1, 2018
filed under: Hybrid Selection/Planting

RH208-EX is an early to mid-maturity ExpressSun® confection hybrid. The seed is 19mm long with good color and has a high percentage of seed over a 24/64. RH208-EX is mid-height with good stalk strength and has very good plantability. Limited quantity will be available for 2019 crop year.

Legend Seeds partners with Nuseed in the marketing of Nuseed sunflower hybrids. See the Nuseed listing for new hybrids for 2019.

Nuseed

N4H302 E is an ExpressSun® high-oleic hybrid bred to be adaptable anywhere north to south across the sunflower region. It has excellent oil content, great early season emergence and good late-season plant health.
N4H470 CL?Plus is a Clearfield® high-oleic hybrid offering consistently strong yield and oil content, along with downy mildew resistance, excellent stalk and root strength, and excellent late-season plant health.
N4H521 CL is another Clearfield® hybrid and the fullest-season high oleic in the Nuseed lineup. It has outstanding yield potential, downy mildew resistance and full-season plant health. An excellent fit for South Dakota, High Plains and Texas.

P64HE101 is the newest and one of the highest-yielding hybrids in the Pioneer high-oleic sunflower lineup, allows marketing flexibility for both the high-oleic oil and bird seed markets. This mid- to late-maturity hybrid is highly tolerant to Phomopsis and also brings dependable root and head Sclerotinia resistance along with multi-race downy mildew resistance. The strong disease package, in combination with the ExpressSun® trait for improved weed control options, allows the positioning of this hybrid in most major sunflower growing regions.

RRC 2319 is a mid- to full-season hybrid. Compared to RRC 2215, its maturity is two to five days later, and its height is three to four inches taller. Seed size is excellent: O/22’s range from 75% to 85% with O/24’s ranging from 35% to 50%. Seed length is 18.5 mm, bushel weight of 21-24 lbs. Seed for 2019 will be limited.

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