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Prolific Hybrids

The term “Prolific Hybrid” refers to the individual corn plants’ ability to produce, pollinate and fill more than one ear per stalk. The MASTERS CHOICE prolific program is based on developing hybrids that perform well in marginal production situations. The first step to success in this program is reduced planting rates and low populations.

It is a fact that not all soils can support high populations of corn plants through stress situations. Not all soils have the same cation exchange capacity (cec), the same water retention capacity, etc. It is therefore unreasonable to expect our soils that are lacking in these characteristics to be able to support the high populations being planted on the more productive soils. Yet, many of the corn growing experts continue to suggest that you must plant high populations for maximum yields. Our common sense should tell us that this is not true if we use hybrids that are capable of expanding their yield as growing conditions allow.

Intense populations in marginal growing conditions create unsupportable competition between the corn plants and increase the risk of failed production. It also increases the risk of loss from insects and diseases because plants under stress are more susceptible to damage from both insects and diseases.

Masters Choice Research has spent nearly 25 years developing breeding stocks from which we make hybrids that give you an alternative to high populations. By using prolific hybrids growers have produced over 300 bu./acre with populations of less than 18,000 plants per acre, 250 bu./acre with only 14,000 plants per acre.

As you go forward, you will find two hybrids that have prolific capabilities,MC-550 and MC-625