Guide to understanding Seed Technology

RR - Roundup Ready^® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate,  the active ingredient in Roundup^® agricultural herbicides. Roundup^® agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate. Roundup^®, Roundup Ready(R). Roundup WeatherMax^®, and YieldGard^®are trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. © 2006 Monsanto Company. Always read and follow label directions.

RR/Bt - Roundup Ready^® and YieldGard^® Corn Borer. Provides the safety of Roundup Ready and YieldGard Corn borer protection.

GT - Glyphosate Tolerant. Corn hybrids with the Agrisure GT trait exhibit outstanding tolerance to in-crop applications of glyphosate-based herbicides - the active ingredient in Roundup^®and Touchdown^® herbicides. Agrisure™ GT is a trademark of a Syngenta Group Company.

GT/CB/LL - The Agrisure^® GT/CB/LL trait stack provides the combined benefits of Agrisure GT and Agrisure CB/LL by stacking these proven technologies into a single hybrid. Agrisure™  GT/CB/LL is a trademark of a Syngenta Group Company.

CB/LL - Hybrids with the Agrisure CB/LL trait are tolerant to glufosinate (Ignite^® herbicide). Agrisure CB/LL hybrids feature the Bt11 event, which has been protecting cornfields since it was introduced in 1997. The Bt11 event utilizes the natureally occuring soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Agrisure™ CB/LL is a trademark of a Syngenta Group Company.

HX - HERCULEX^® I Insect protection protects against European corn borer, southwestern corn borer, black cutworm, fall armyworm and western bean cutworm. HERCULEX ^® and the HERCULEX logo are trademarks of Dow AgroSciences LLC.

LL - LibertyLink^® soybeans are tolerant of applications of Ignite^® herbicide. LibertyLink^® is registered trademark of Bayer.