2015 Southern Soybean Varieties

This Soybean Variety Guide offers a partial listing of soybean varieties suited for the Southern growing region. For more variety offerings, contact your local seed representative.

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• AgVenture Midsouth
• Asgrow
• Credenz Soybeans
• MorSoy
• Mycogen Seeds
• NK Soybeans
• Pioneer
• Terral Seed

AgVenture Midsouth

41B1RR

• Light Tawny
• Super attractive Early Group 4 leader with SCN resistance
• Excellent spring emergence
• Medium-statured plant type with a good shatter score
• “K” gene for Phytophthora Root Rot along with good field tolerance
• Excellent results on loams and irrigated wide or narrow rows

42C2RR

• Light Tawny
• Plant shows good width with upward-reaching branches
• Chloride excluder
• Good score for Sudden Death Syndrome
• Rps1K gene for Phytophthora Root Rot protection
• Excellent results on clay and dryland on wide rows

44Z8RRSTS

• Light Tawny
• New Mid Group IV product with STS tolerance
• Medium height, bushy plant type
• Resistance to Stem Canker and Frogeye
• Strong Race 3 SCN resistance

45Z9RR

• Light Tawny
• New Mid Group IV that excels in high yield environments
• Good scores against seed shatter
• Resistance to Stem Canker
• Strong SCN resistance package
• Top-end yield on irrigated loams

46B3RR

• Tawny
• Attractive, medium-statured Mid Group 4 product
• A top producer in our own AgVenture tests since 2011
• Good tolerance to Frogeye Leaf Spot
• “K” gene for Phytophthora Root Rot, resistant to Stem Canker
• Consistent performer in most environments

47E1RR

• Light Tawny
• New Late Group IV indeterminate with SCN resistance
• Long hypocotyls aid in no-till emergence
• Resistance to Stem Canker/Frogeye Leaf Spot
• Tall plant type, resists seed shatter well
• Top-end yield across soil types

48E3RR

• Tawny
• Attractive plants, medium height
• “K” gene for Phytophthora Root Rot
• Chloride excluder
• Genetic resistance to Stem Canker
• Consistent workhorse performance

48E5R2STS

• Light Tawny
• New Late Group IV leader with STS and glyphosate tolerance
• “C” gene for Phytophthora Root Rot
• Genetic Stem Canker resistance
• Strong ratings against Sudden Death and SCN
• Performer on wide rows and clay

49E1RR

• Gray
• New Late Group IV indeterminate with strong SCN resistance
• Good natural resistance to soybean aphid infestations
• Plant has good overall height and width
• Resistance to Stem Canker
• Workhorse variety for clays or dryland

AV49K5LL

• Gray
• Indeterminate LibertyLink product for farmers who plant Late Group IVs
• Resistance to both SCN and Root-knot nematode
• “K” gene for Phytophthora Root Rot protection
• Good scores against Frogeye/Stem Canker

52B2RR

• Excellent Phytophthora Root Rot protection, “3c” gene plus field tolerance
• Group V determinate with top agronomic package and defenses
• “K” gene plus strong field tolerance to Phytophthora Root Rot
• Resistance to Stem Canker and SCN Races 3 and 14
• Consistent bean across environments

AV52C2LL

• Very defensive Early Group V LibertyLink product
• PI88788 SCN product with moderate Root-knot nematode resistance
• Rps1k gene for Phytophthora Root Rot protection
• Solid scores against SDS, Frogeye and Stem Canker

54K4RR

• Lead product in a Mid Group V determinate
• Good tolerance to Sudden Death Syndrome
• Moderate resistance to Root-knot nematode
• Chloride excluder
• Aggressive yielder and farmer favorite across environments

55K5RR

• Chloride excluder
• Resistant to Stem Canker
• Mid Group V determinate with excellent agronomics and defenses
• SCN protection with moderate resistance to Root-knot nematode
• Strong tolerance to SDS and PR (“3c” gene)
• High yield potential retained in stress years

Asgrow

AG4232: Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield/SR Soybean – Early Group IV

• Excellent yield potential
• Strong performance across MG IV growing regions
• Resistance to SCN
• Very good tolerance to Southern Stem Canker

AG4632: Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield/SR Soybean – Mid Group IV

• Very good Phytophthora field tolerance
• Protection against Soybean Cyst Nematode
• Tolerance to Southern Stem Canker and Froyeye Leaf Spot
• Excellent performance across years and growing environments

AG4934: Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield/SR Soybean – Late Group IV

• Outstanding yield potential • Robust plant with very good standability
• Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode and Phytophthora
• Good tolerance to Southern Stem Canker and Sudden Death Syndrome

AG5233: Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield/SR Soybean – Early Group V

• Indeterminate product with aggressive growth and high yield potential
• Resistance to race 3 SCN and excellent tolerance to Phytophthora
• Good tolerance to Southern Stem Canker and Sudden Death Syndrome

AG5332: Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Soybean – Early Group V

• High yield potential
• Indeterminate medium-bushy plant with excellent performance on clay soils
• Resistance to SCN
• Tolerance to Southern Stem Canker and Frogeye Leaf Spot

Credenz Soybeans

Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield

4959RY

• Group 4 variety
• Excellent protection for Southern Stem Canker and Sudden Death Syndrome
• Offers good protection for Phytophthora and Frogeye Leaf Spot

LibertyLink

LL4650

• Group 4 variety
• Great for full season and across all row widths •
• Excellent protection from Phytophthora, Frogeye Leaf Spot, Sudden Death Syndrome and Southern Stem Canker

LL4653

• Group 4 variety
• Excellent protection for Sudden Death Syndrome
• Responds well to irrigation
• Great for narrow and medium rows

LL4850

• Group 4 variety
• Offers good protection for Southern Stem Canker and Sudden Death Syndrome
• Great for early season and full season
• Excellent across all rows

LL4950

• Group 4 variety
• Excellent option for medium and heavy soil types
• Best LL variety on clay in the South
• Great for early and full season

LL4953

• Group 4 variety
• Responds well to irrigation
• Excellent option for light and medium soil types
• Great for early and full season
• Offers good protection for Sudden Death Syndrome

Roundup Ready 2 Yield/STS

RY4620

• Group 4 variety
• Excellent across all soil types
• Great for narrow and medium rows
• Excellent protection for Sudden Death Syndrome

RY4721

• Group 4 variety
• Great option for early and full season
• Responds well to irrigation
• Excellent across medium and heavy soil types
• Good crop height
• Excellent protection for Phytophthora, Frogeye Leaf Spot, Sudden Death Syndrome and Southern Stem Canker

Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield

RY5221

• Group 5 variety
• Great for early and full season
• Excellent protection for Phytophthora, Frogeye Leaf Spot and Southern Stem Canker
• Excellent for wide row widths
• Great across medium and heavy soil types Liberty Link

5150LL

• Group 5 variety
• Excellent protection for Phytophthora and Frogeye Leaf Spot
• Offers good protection for Sudden Death Syndrome and Southern Stem Canker

5242LL

• Group 5 variety
• Excellent protection for Frogeye Leaf Spot
• Offers good protection for Phytophthora and Sudden Death Syndrome

Roundup Ready 2 Yield/STS

RY5421

• Group 5 variety
• Great option for full season
• Excellent across all soil types
• Responds well to irrigation
• Excellent protection for Frogeye Leaf Spot and Southern Stem Canker

MorSoy

44X82

• Early performer for the Delta
• Best on mixed dirt to lighter clay
• RR2
• Moderate Root-knot nematode resistance

46X04

• Medium plant height
• RR2
• Best on silt loam and mixed soils
• Excellent tolerance to Stem Canker
• Very good tolerance to Phytophthora

46X29

• Versatile bean, performs well on all soils
• RR2/STS
• Medium plant type
• Excellent SDS tolerance

4707

• Medium plant height, tawny, late Group 4
• Chloride excluder
• Excellent disease resistance
• Responds very well to all soil types

47X12

• High yield potential on mixed to clay soils
• RR2/STS
• Excellent double crop

48X02

• Best fit for mixed to clay soils
• Tall/medium bush plant type
• RR2

48X34

• RR2/STS
• Medium plant height
• Excellent tolerance to Phytophthora Root Rot and Stem Canker
• Best for mixed soil type • Root-knot nematode resistance

4860

• Conventional variety
• Medium-tall soybean adapted to most soil types
• Excellent tolerance to Stem Canker and Phytophthora
• Good standability on lighter soil types

49X51

• RR2
• Moderately resistant to Root-knot nematode
• Excellent tolerance to Frogeye Leaf Spot and Phytophthora Root Rot
• Best on silt loam and clay soils

49X54

• RR2
• Excellent tolerance to Frogeye Leaf Spot, Phytophthora Root Rot and Sudden Death Syndrome
• Best on loam, clay and mixed soil types

51X31

• Best for loam to heavy soil types
• Root-knot nematode resistance
• Chloride excluder
• RR2

53X82

• Good on all soil types
• Chloride excluder • RR2 5429
• Excellent choice for mixed to heavy soil types
• Excellent yields with good disease package

54X41

• RR2
• Medium plant height
• Excellent tolerance to Phytophthora Root Rot and Stem Canker
• Chloride excluder • Best on silt loam and mixed soil types

56X02

• Tall plant type
• Chloride excluder • RR2/STS
• Best on mixed and clay soil types

Mycogen Seeds

5N413R2

• Group 4 variety
• Tall plant type
• Stem Canker resistance
• Works well in lighter soils
• Works well in areas where Sudden Death Syndrome is a problem

5N432R2

• Group 4 variety
• Strong emergence for no-till and early planting
• Works well in many soil types and all row widths
• Very good tolerance to Phytophthora Root Rot

5N452R2

• Group 4 variety
• Great yield potential in the Mid-South
• A branching plant with a good defensive package
• Can handle a wide range of environments

5N522R2

• Group 5 variety
• Tall determinate variety, nice plant width
• Features tolerance to Root-knot nematode, Stem Canker and Frogeye Leaf Spot
• Offers strong emergence and good height for tougher soils

NK Soybeans

Available for Mid-South and Southeast:

S39-T3 Brand (RM: 3.9)
Broadly Adapted Yield Leader with STS Protection

• Above average Frogeye Leaf Spot resistance
• Dependable Sudden Death Syndrome resistance
• Very good standability and excellent shatter resistance, allowing for easy harvest

S40-N2 Brand (RM: 4.0)
Expect top performance with superb standability

• Excellent Frogeye Leaf Spot and above average Charcoal Rot resistances
• Strong stress tolerance and shatter resistance
• For use in all row widths; excels in narrow rows

S45-R7 Brand (RM: 4.5)
High-yielding, versatile STS variety

• Very good Sudden Death Syndrome and Frogeye Leaf Spot resistances
• Solid standability for ease of harvest
• Good Phytophthora Root Rot field tolerance and strong iron deficiency chlorosis tolerance

S47-K5 Brand (RM: 4.7)
Outstanding yield on productive, well-drained soils

• Very good standability
• Solid stress tolerance
• Excellent Frogeye Leaf Spot resistance

S51-C5 Brand (RM: 5.1)
Outstanding yields with solid stress tolerance

• Good Sudden Death Syndrome resistance
• Excellent emergence and good standability
• Best performance on soils with good internal drainage

S55-Q3 Brand (RM: 5.5)
Strong yields with Root-knot nematode protection

• Solid Frogeye Leaf Spot resistance
• Good emergence and stress tolerance
• Chloride excluder

S59-V9 Brand (RM: 5.9)
Strong yields with solid agronomics

• Very good emergence characteristics
• Solid Frogeye Leaf Spot resistance
• Dependable stress tolerance

Pioneer

P47T36R (RR)

• 47 RM
• Exceptional yielding variety for loamy soils
• Excellent Stem Canker resistance plus good Sudden Death Syndrome tolerance
• SCN Race 3 and 14 resistance
• Suited for soils with elevated chloride levels

P47T89R (RR)

• 47 RM
• Exceptional Stem Canker resistance plus strong chloride tolerance
• SCN Race 3 and 14 resistance
• Above average tolerance to Frogeye Leaf Spot
• Outstanding yield potential on silt loam and clay soils

P48T53R (RR)

• 48 RM
• Superior Stem Canker resistance with above average Sudden Death Syndrome tolerance
• Tawny line with wide canopy
• SCN Race 3 and 14 resistance
• Exceptional tolerance to Charcoal Rot and Frogeye Leaf Spot
• Performs across a wide range of key environments

P49T80R (RR)

• 49 RM
• Strong performance on heavy silt loams and clay
• Excellent resistance to Stem Canker and SCN Race 3 and 14
• Exceptional tolerance to high chloride soils
• Above average tolerance to Sudden Death Syndrome
• Excellent candidate for Early Soybean Production System

P49T97R (RR)

• 49 RM
• Great standability in high-yield environment
• Phytophthora resistance via Rps1k
• Strong disease tolerance package – including good Frogeye Leaf Spot and Stem Canker tolerance
• SCN Race 3 resistance and very good Sudden Death Syndrome tolerance
• Strong tolerance to chloride soils

P50T64R (RR)

• 50 RM
• Phytophthora resistance via Rps1k
• Outstanding resistance to Stem Canker and SCN Race 3 and 14
• Indeterminate line with above average tolerance to Charcoal Rot
• Chloride-tolerant with wide canopy
• Performs across all soil types

P52T50R (RR)

• 52 RM
• Great harvest standability with exceptional yield potential
• Phytophthora resistance via Rps1k
• Strong SCN Race 3 and Stem Canker resistance
• Very good chloride tolerance with wide canopy

P53T62L Brand (LL)

• 53 RM
• LL herbicide resistance
• Indeterminate growth habit
• Above average tolerance to Charcoal Rot
• Exceptional Stem Canker resistance
• Above average tolerance to Frogeye Leaf Spot

P53T73SR (RR, STS)

• 53 RM
• Above average Phytophthora field tolerance
• Good SCN Race 3 and Stem Canker resistance
• Excellent Southern Root-knot nematode tolerance
• Strong chloride tolerance with wide canopy
• Good Frogeye Leaf Spot tolerance plus tolerance to SU chemistries

P54T94R (RR)

• 54 RM
• Phytophthora resistance via Rps1k
• Strong SCN Race 3 and Stem Canker resistance
• Excellent Southern Root-knot nematode tolerance
• Very good chloride tolerance with wide canopy
• Position on sandy and silt loams

95Y70 (RR/STS)

• 57 RM
• Tall plant stature
• Suitable for both full-season and doublecrop behind wheat, and ultra-late planting
• Strong Frogeye Leaf Spot tolerance
• Excellent Southern Root-knot nematode tolerance

Terral Seed

REV47R53

• 4.7 days RM
• Top-end yield potential and stress tolerance in one variety
• Very good green stem tolerance
• Dryland option

REV48R22

• 4.8 days RM
• Superior product for heavy clays
• Rps-1k Phytophthora resistance
• Excellent flood tolerance

REV56R63

• 5.7 days RM
• Multi-race Phytophthora resistance (Rps-3c)
• Very good Stem Canker field tolerance
• Very good Frogeye Leaf Spot tolerance
• Versatile new product with strong defensive package for varying soil types and row spacings

REV55R53

• 5.5 days RM
• Attractive plant type
• Rps-1k with very good horizontal resistance to Phytophthora spp.
• Best suited on mixed to lighter ground
• Chloride excluder

REV54R84

• 5.4 days RM
• Mid MG-5 with top-end yield potential
• Highest rating on lodging resistance
• Very good disease package
• Should move South well

REV52R74

• 5.2 days RM
• Indeterminate early MG-5
• Excellent Stem Canker tolerance
• Tawny bean with very good lodging resistance
• Should move South well

REV51R53

• 5.1 days RM
• Indeterminate plant type
• Wide area of adaptation
• Top-end yield potential
• Best suited to mixed or lighter soil types
• Tall and bushy

REV57R21

• 5.7 days RM
• Tawny rate of maturity
• Above average Phytophthora resistance
• Excellent drydown

REV49A14

• 5.1 days RM
• Best suited to well drained, productive soils
• Aggressive plant growth with rapid canopy closure
• Top-end yield potential
• Tall and bushy

REV49L29

• 4.9 days RM
• LibertyLink gene for resistance to Liberty herbicide
• Well suited for very sandy soil types
• Performs well under weaker pivots
• Attractive type plant
• Good wheat double-crop or late-planting option