Corn Trait Information:
Agrisure Viptera™ 3111
(The Agrisure Viptera Trait + Agrisure 3000GT)
The Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack controls more insects than any other product on the market. It features demonstrated, unsurpassed multi-pest control of 14 yield- and quality-robbing insects including corn borer, corn rootworm and the multi-pest complex, a collection of insects that cost American corn growers more than $1.1 billion annually in lost yield and grain quality*. The Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack offers the broadest available spectrum of above- and below-ground insect control. This stack also offers the same herbicide flexibility as the Agrisure 3000GT triple stack, with a choice of either glyphosate or glufosinate applications.
The Agrisure Viptera trait is the newest addition to Syngenta’s Agrisure system of high-performance traits. Agrisure Viptera trait technology features Vip3A, a new mode of action that has demonstrated breakthrough control of the multi-pest complex.
In Syngenta trials, hybrids with the Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack provided an average yield advantage of 14.3 bu/A vs. traditional triple stack hybrids under significant corn earworm pressure. In areas of extremely heavy corn earworm pressure, the yield advantage increased to up to 32 bu/A**.
Trial Results
Products containing the Agrisure Viptera trait will not be available for sale prior to Syngenta obtaining all necessary import approvals.
*Sources: Census 2007 USDA, USDA Risk Management Agency’s internal indemnity database, Aflatoxin Center of Excellence of the South, Syngenta Entomologists.
**All Syngenta strip trial comparisons are completed with hybrids of similar RMs, adjusted for moisture to +/- 3 points and of equivalent trait classes unless otherwise noted. Isolines used for comparison featured identical genetics to the test hybrids but did not contain the Agrisure Viptera trait.
Agrisure Viptera Trait vs. Black Cutworm
Syngenta introduces the Agrisure Viptera trait to control a broad spectrum of corn pests. Time-lapse video footage captures black cutworm damage to corn with no Agrisure Viptera trait verses corn with the Agrisure Viptera trait.
Fall Armyworm
Multi-Pest Complex Field Tour
Chet Chaney, Syngenta Agronomist and Roy Parker, Extension Entomologist at Texas A&M, tour a test plot while providing information about the multi-pest complex with a special focus on corn earworm. Field trial results included.
Corn Earworm Virtual Field Tour
Agrisure Viptera trait Protects Against Multi-Pest Damage
The Agrisure Viptera trait provides protection against the multi-pest complex for the entire growing season via a novel mode of action. This virtual field tour shows a six-day comparison of corn with and without the Agrisure Viptera trait, demonstrating the remarkable difference.