New Year, New Yield Resolutions

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of understanding seed corn package diversity and how hybrids build yield through various components.

Seed corn package diversity is more than relative maturity. Hybrids build yield in a variety a ways - ear length, ear girth, kernel weight. It's important to know how each product gets to the finish line and what package can work best on your acres. On today's podcast, the Wyffels agronomy managers discuss our yield component trials. Wyffels has conducted research to better understand how individual hybrids express their yield components. Hybrids are planted at low and high populations to determine how hybrid yield components change, or "flex", in response to stress. Ears are collected to determine how the girth, length, and kernel weight are affected by stress. Differences are converted to a percentage to show how each yield component influences total ear flex by product. You can fine-tune management to protect genetic yield potential by knowing how hybrids respond to stress. Links discussed in this episode: Our Corn Products - Wyffels Hybrids Request our Product Guide with Yield Component Information. Between the Rows® - Fungicide Use on Wyffels Hybrids Wyffels Hybrids Trial Results We want to hear from you. Have questions you want us to address on future episodes? Ideas for…

People in this episode

Host: Wyffels agronomy managers

Topics covered

• seed corn diversity
• yield components
• hybrid performance
• agronomy research
• stress response

Keywords

• seed corn
• hybrids
• yield components
• agronomy
• stress response
• ear flex
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wyffels Hybrids, Wyffels, Between the Rows, Wyffels Hybrids Trial Results

Products: Corn Products

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