NEWS for North Dakotans
Agriculture Communication, North Dakota State
University
7 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5665
February 19, 1998
The agricultural experiment station at North Dakota State University announces the release of two soybean varieties, Jim and Daksoy. Tests in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota indicate that Jim yields about 15 percent more than McCall and matures about one day later. Daksoy is similar to McCall in maturity and has outyielded the older variety by about 11 percent. Both Jim and Daksoy are similar to McCall in plant height and lodging resistance, and both are less susceptible to iron chlorosis than McCall.
Jim and Daksoy were developed under the leadership of Ted Helms, NDSU plant scientist.
"Both of these new varieties are expected to replace much of the acreage presently devoted to McCall," says Al Schneiter, head of the plant sciences department at NDSU. "Conservative estimates by Dr. Helms are that if the two varieties replaced 50 percent of the acreage of McCall, they should generate approximately $1.8 million of new income each year, based on their increased yield."
The funds to develop the varieties were provided in part by the North Dakota Soybean Council and the North Dakota Soybean Growers. The variety Jim is named after the late Jim Helm, who was an agronomist with the NDSU Extension Service for many years.
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Source: Al Schneiter (701) 231-8137
Editor: Barry Brissman (701) 231-7866