Table 10. Abbreviations for Biotech Traits

By Virginia Sykes / November 5, 2020

Table 10. Abbreviations used to identify biotech seed traits contained in corn silage hybrids evaluated in Tennessee in 2020.

Abbreviation	Name	Characteristic

Abbreviation	Name	Characteristic
LL	Bayer CropScience LibertyLink®	Glufosinate herbicide tolerance. Event: T25
RR	Monsanto Roundup Ready® Corn	Glyphosate herbicide tolerance.
RR2	Monsanto Roundup Ready® Corn 2	Glyphosate herbicide tolerance. Event: NK603
GT	Syngenta Agrisure® GT	Glyphosate herbicide tolerance. Event: SYTGA21
3000GT	Syngenta Agrisure® 3000GT	Cry1Ab, Corn Borer protection. Modified Cry3A, Protection of Western, Northern and Mexican Corn Rootworm. Glufosinate herbicide tolerance. Glyphosate tolerance. Event: SYTGA21+Bt11+MIR604
HX1	DowAgrosciences Pioneer Hi-Bred Herculex® I	Cry1F, Western Bean Cutworm, Corn Borer, Black Cutworm and Fall Armyworm resistance. Glufosinate herbicide tolerance. Event: TC1507
SSX	Monsanto Genuity™ SmartStax™ DowAgrosciences SmartStax™	Cry1A.105, Cry2Ab2, Cry1F, Cry3Bb1, Cry34/35Ab1 Western, Northern, and Mexican Corn Rootworms, European and Southwestern Corn Borers, Sugarcane Borer, Southern Cornstalk Borer, Western Bean and Black Cutworms, Corn Earworm, Fall Armyworm protection. Glyphosate herbicide tolerance. Glyphosate herbicide tolerance. Event: Mon88017+Mon89034+TC1507+DAS59122-7
VIP3110	Agrisure Viptera™ 3110	Vip3A, Cry1Ab, European and Southwestern Corn Borers, Southern Cornstalk Borer, Fall and Beet Armyworm, Black and Western Bean Cutworm, Sugarcane Borer, Common Stalk borer and Dingy Cutworm protection Glyphosate tolerance. Event: MIR162+Bt11+GA21
VIP3111	Agrisure Viptera™ 3111A	Vip3A, Cry1Ab. Protection from European and Southwestern Corn Borers, Corn earworm, Southern cornstalk borer, Fall and Beet armyworm, Black and Western Bean Cutworm, Sugarcane borer, Western, Northern and Mexican corn rootworm, Common stalk borer and Dingy cutworm. Glyphosate tolerance. Contains Agrisure Artesian technology with multiple genes for season long drought protection. Event: MIR162+Bt11+GA21+MIR604
VT2P	Monsanto Genuity™ VT Double PRO™	Cry1A.105, Cry2Ab2, European and Southwestern Corn Borers, Sugarcane Borer, Southern Cornstalk Borer, Corn Earworm, and Fall Armyworm protection. Glyphosate herbicide tolerance. Event: Mon89034+NK603
YGCB	Monsanto YieldGard® Corn Borer	Cry1Ab, European and Southwestern Corn Borers, Sugarcane Borer and Southern Cornstalk Borer protection. Event: Mon810
RIB	Refuge in Bag

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