Table 18. Abbreviations for biotech traits

Table 18. Abbreviations used to identify biotech traits of corn grain hybrids evaluated in Tennessee during 2021.
AbbreviationNameCharacteristic
LLLibertyLinkGlufosinate tolerance.
RR, RR2, GTRoundup Ready, Roundup Ready 2Glyphosate tolerance.
3000GTAgrisure 3000GTProtection from corn earworm, European corn borer, sugarcane borer, southwestern corn borer, corn rootworm. Glyphosate and glufosinate tolerance.
D2Agrisure Duracade 5222 E-ZProtection 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. 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.
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.
VRAgrisure Viptera 3110Protection from black cutworm, corn earworm, European corn borer, fall armyworm, stalk borer, sugarcane borer, southwestern corn borer, true armyworm, western bean cutworm. Glyphosate tolerance 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.
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).
YGCBMonsanto YieldGard Corn BorerProtection from European and Southwestern Corn Borers, Sugarcane Borer and Southern Cornstalk Borer.
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