M-1217A-18 Brand 
Hybrid Seed Corn — 117 Days
Availability: Available
Brand Features
- Good seedling vigor
- Medium flowering relative to maturity
- Medium-tall plant height and medium-high ear height
- Semi-flex ear type
- Combination root type with good root health
- Very good stalk health and stalk strength
- Very good drought tolerance
- Semi-upright leaf type with very good leaf health
- Use caution when planting in high population/low fertility and low population/low fertility environments
- Good test weight
- Excellent late season intactness
- Best kept at moderate to high populations
Placement Recommendations
| Rotated | Corn-on-Corn | Low Pop/ High Fert |
High Pop/ Low Fert |
Low Pop/ Low Fert |
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| Dark, Well Drained or Irrigated |  |
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| Heavy, Tight, Poorly Drained | |
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| Variable, Clay Rolling | |
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| Light, Droughty Timber or Dryland Sand | |
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Hybrid Corn Characteristics
| Maturity (Days) | 117 |
| Plant Height | M-T |
| Ear Height | M-T |
| Ear Type | Semi-Flex |
| Ear Grain Weight | |
| Minimum | 0.25 |
| Optimum | 0.42 |
| Maximum | 0.60 |
| Seedling Vigor | 3 |
| Root Type | Com |
| Root Health | 3 |
| Root Regrowth | 3 |
| Stalk Strength | 2 |
| Stalk Health | 2 |
| Leaf Health | 2 |
| Drought Tolerance | 2 | Plant & Ear Height: T = Tall, M =
Medium, S = Short Ratings: 1 = Excellent, 2 = Very Good, 3 = Good, 4 = Fair, 5 = Poor Ear Grain Weight = LB/Ear Root Type: Crs = Coarse, Fine, Crs/Com = Coarse/Combination, Com = Combination, Com/Fine = Combination/Fine |
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