DuPont Pioneer PACTS Book 2013/14

Hybrid Descriptions
P6862
» Extra Early Maturity » Maturity Class 11 » Primary End Use: Forage
P6862 is a short stature and extra early maturing hybrid for forage production. It has produced high starch
yields and very high starch contents in both PACTS Trials and FERA National List Trials. It is suitable for a wide
range of locations and for growers seeking an early harvest, or those expecting to plant relatively late.
Hybrid Characteristics
• Extra early maturity for early harvest date
• Rapid starch formation and high starch content
• Short stature plant with average Stay-green
Grown In The Open
• On marginal sites or favourable sites where early
harvest is required
• Not suited to unusually early sowing dates
Grown Using The Samco System
• P6862 is not suitable for cultivation under the
Samco System
Hybrid Specific Agronomic Advice
Open Cultivation
Forage Seed Rate*
Early Vigour
Lodging Resistance
Stay-green
45,000 Seeds/Acre
Average
Good
Average
*Assumes estimated plant establishment losses at sowing of < 5%
Selected Multiple Year ‘Head To Head’ Results
No. Years
Tested
No. Sites
Dry Matter
(%)
Yield (Tonnes Dry
Matter/ha)
Yield
Index (%)
Wholeplant
Organic Matter
Digestibility (%)
Starch (%)
Sugar
(%)
Neutral
Detergent
Fibre (%)
Megajoules
Metabolisable
Energy /kg
Dry Matter
Calculated
Methane
Production
(litres/kg Dry
Matter)
Calculated
Methane
Production
(l/ha)
P6862
39.6% 13.346 100.4% 70.0% 35.6% 1.4% 42.1% 11.2 314 4,100,874
3 32
Kaspian* 43.2% 13.295 100.0% 71.3% 37.0% 1.1% 42.1% 11.4 319 4,246,819
P6862
36.8% 10.700 96.8% 68.8% 32.8% 1.6% 44.7% 11.4 308 3,284,512
1 10
Kougar* 32.8% 11.059 100.0% 68.6% 30.3% 2.1% 46.0% 11.3 307 3,400,858
P6862
39.4% 13.473 90.0% 69.7% 35.3% 1.4% 42.4% 11.2 314 4,198,827
3 32
Surprise* 34.9% 14.976 100.0% 70.1% 33.0% 2.5% 43.0% 11.2 313 4,701,045
P6862
39.5% 13.345 89.9% 69.9% 35.5% 1.4% 42.1% 11.2 314 4,165,044
3 33
PR39V43 34.4% 14.850 100.0% 69.9% 32.3% 3.9% 42.0% 11.2 313 4,660,097
* Competitor hybrid
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