Abbreviations for biotech traits

Table 17. Abbreviations used to identify biotech traits of corn grain hybrids evaluated in Tennessee during 2020.

Table 17. Abbreviations used to identify biotech traits of corn grain hybrids evaluated in Tennessee during 2020.
AbbreviationNameCharacteristic
RR, RR2, GTRoundup Ready, Roundup Ready 2Glyphosate tolerance.
GTGlyphosate TolerantGlyphosate tolerance.
LLLibertyLinkGlufosinate tolerance.
EEnlist2,4-D Choline tolerance.
CBAgrisure CB/LLProtection from corn borer. Glufosinate tolerance.
RWAgrisure RWProtection from rootworm.
BRAgrisure Viptera 3010Protection from corn earworm, European corn borer, sugarcane borer, southwestern corn borer. Glyphosate and glufosinate tolerance.
A4Agrisure Viptera 3111Protection from black cutworm, corn earworm, European corn borer, fall armyworm, stalk borer, sugarcane borer, southwestern corn borer, true armyworm, western bean cutworm, corn rootworm. Glyphosate tolerance and glufosinate tolerance.
VZAgrisure Viptera 3220 E-ZProtection from black cutworm, corn earworm, European corn borer, fall armyworm, stalk borer, sugarcane borer, southwestern corn borer, true armyworm, western bean cutworm. Glyphosate tolerance. Glufosinate tolerance (EZ1=yes, EZ0=no)
HX1DowAgrosciences Pioneer Hi-Bred Herculex IProtection from western bean cutworm, corn borer, black cutworm and fall armyworm resistance. Glyphosate and glufosinate tolerance.
SSMonsanto Genuity SmartStax
DowAgrosciences SmartStax
Protection from black cutworm, corn earworm, European corn borer, fall armyworm, stalk borer, Sugarcane borer, Southwestern corn borer, corn rootworm. Glyphosate and glufosinate tolerance.
VT2PMonsanto Genuity VT Double PROProtection from corn earworm, European corn borer, fall armyworm, stalk borer, sugarcane borer, southwestern corn borer. Glyphosate tolerance.
YGCBMonsanto YieldGard Corn BorerProtection from European and Southwestern Corn Borers, Sugarcane Borer and Southern Cornstalk Borer.
QQromeProtection from black cutworm, corn earworm, European corn borer, fall armyworm, stalk borer, Sugarcane borer, Southwestern corn borer, corn rootworm. Glyphosate and glufosinate tolerance.
TRETreceptaProtection from black cutworm, corn earworm, European corn borer, fall armyworm, stalk borer, sugarcane borer, southwestern corn borer, true armyworm, western bean cutworm. Glyphosate tolerance.
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