“We recognize that a successful alfalfa variety needs to yield under various conditions and these new products help growers obtain high yields, while meeting individual agronomic needs,” says Daniel Berning, DuPont Pioneer technical services manager, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Adapted for three-to-four cut and four-to-five cut systems, both products provide high-quality forage and maximum tonnage along with strong agronomic packages.

Both 55Q27 and 55VR05 alfalfa varieties are rated a five for dormancy, which allows the alfalfa plants to grow season-long and improve late-harvest yield potential. Each variety also shows resistance to key diseases, including verticillium wilt, bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt and phytophthora root rot.

55Q27 is a conventional, broadly adapted variety with specific resistance to the pea aphid and spotted aphid.

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55VR05, a medium multi-foliate variety, contains the Genuity Roundup Ready trait for additional weed control flexibility. This new variety carries a rating of high resistance for stem nematode. It is also winter-hardy and well-suited to western irrigated areas.

55VR05 and 55Q27 will be available nationally in 2014.  FG

—From DuPont Pioneer news release