Table 3 Information on relevance of reference varieties used by Monsanto[12] for the US corn production
Reference variety | Summary of internet searcha |
|---|---|
Campbells 6995 | No relevant information available |
Cropplan Genetics 461 | No relevant information available |
Crows 363 | No relevant information available |
DK537 | Indication of use ten and more years ago |
Parental line of Yield Gard rootworm corn Dekalb DKC53-29 | |
DK539 | Indication of use ten and more years ago |
Described as ‘widely adapted’ by Dekalb in 1999 | |
Pioneer 3394 | Highly successful corn variety until 1995, dominating the US corn belt |
After causing high economic losses in 95/96 due to very low resistance to Gray leaf spot fungi, the planting of this variety ceased |