New AgriPro Winter Wheat Varieties Available

For the 2018 planting season, Syngenta has introduced five new AgriPro^® brand winter wheat varieties that address local growing conditions. Consistently ranked in the top yield group of each region, AgriPro wheat varieties are known for their best-in-class disease packages, leading agronomics, outstanding yield potential and high-end-use quality. New winter wheat varieties include the following:

• SY Rugged maximizes the potential for high yields across variable environments in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
• SY 517 CL2 features good winter hardiness and straw strength for the South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska markets.
• SY Benefit is a consistent yielder with good mill and bake quality in the eastern Kansas and Oklahoma medium-maturity markets.
• SY Achieve CL2 has two-gene herbicide tolerance, resulting in high yield potential in Kansas and Oklahoma.
• Bob Dole, a hard red winter wheat variety, features a good disease package with leaf and stripe rust tolerance, along with Fusarium head blight tolerance in Kansas and Oklahoma.

Some or all of the varieties may be protected under one or more of the following: Plant Variety Protection, United States Plant Patents and/or Utility Patents and may not be propagated or reproduced without authorization.