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YieldGard Rootworm

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logoEffective and Consistent In-Plant Protection Against Rootworms

YieldGard® Rootworm delivers effective and consistent in-plant protection against western, northern and Mexican corn rootworms, for a zone of protection around the roots that starts as soon as you plant.

Features & Benefits

  • Effective and consistent protection against western, northern and Mexican corn rootworms for a zone of protection around the roots.

  • Effective and consistent control allows corn to develop maximum root system.

  • Larger root system enables plant to utilize more moisture and more nutrients.

  • Greater yield potential and protection with more nutrient and moisture uptake and less lodging.

  • Convenience of reduced insecticide handling and less scouting.

  • YieldGard Rootworm seed corn is offered with Cruiser® or Poncho® 250 seed treatments. Both control wireworm, white grub, seed corn maggot, early flea beetle and black cutworm.

The Effective and Consistent Control of YieldGard Rootworm Allows Corn to Develop a Maximum Root System

Greater Convenience

With effective and consistent in-plant protection, YieldGard Rootworm reduces the amount of insecticide you need to handle, reduces the time it takes to plant and reduces the time spent scouting for insect damage. And because YieldGard Rootworm also reduces lodging, you’ll be able to harvest more efficiently.

Details on planting a refuge and other requirements of the Insect Resistance Management (IRM) plan required with YieldGard Rootworm are provided in the YieldGard IRM Grower Guide and the 2005 Monsanto Technology Use Guide.

Market Choices®

The National Corn Growers Association(NCGA) has worked with Monsanto and other interested parties to improve stewardship of biotech crops that must be directed to appropriate markets. We want to help growers easily identify and market grain from hybrids and varieties that are fully approved for food and feed use by the United States, Canada and Japan but have yet to receive approval in Europe.

Market Choices is a seed industry initiative that builds on NCGA's Know Before You GrowSM information service. The Market Choices symbol in a seed guide or on a tag for Roundup Ready® corn indicates that growers must find a market that does not ship grain or processed products to Europe.

While Roundup Ready soybeans, YieldGard® Corn Borer corn and several other biotech crops are approved for food and feed uses in all key markets, Roundup Ready corn, YieldGard Corn Borer stacked with Roundup Ready corn, YieldGard Rootworm and YieldGard Rootworm stacked with Roundup Ready corn are still awaiting European approval. The American Seed Trade Association Web site (www.amseed.org) includes a list of grain handlers accepting these products. (Click on the Grain Handler's Database section).

Monsanto's Commitment

U. S. growers deserve access to new technology tools as well as markets for their crops. That's why Monsanto continues to research promising seed traits, while pledging to commercially launch only new products that have received full food and feed approval in both the United States and Japan.

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Roundup® refers to Monsanto's Roundup agricultural herbicides. Roundup Ready® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup agricultural herbicides. Roundup agricultural herbicides will kill crops that do not contain a Roundup Ready gene.

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