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DEKALB® Corn with SmartStax® PRO

Crush Corn Rootworm
DEKALB® SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology provides more than double the root node protection of competitive products.* In other words, this is how you beat the bug.
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SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology
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Protect your yields.

DEKALB Corn with SmartStax PRO Corn Rootworm Protection

When you choose DEKALB® corn, you never settle on yield potential. It’s what we’re known for. Now protect that big potential from high corn rootworm pressure with DEKALB brand featuring SmartStax® PRO with RNAi Technology. It combines the proven performance of SmartStax® Technology with RNAi Technology — an innovation unique to Bayer that provides a third mode of action against corn rootworm.

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SmartStax® PRO Technology combines the proven benefits of SmartStax® Technology corn rootworm protection with an additional, novel RNAi-based mode of action, providing improved corn rootworm control over a range of pressure.**

**Based upon 2019-2020 Bayer internal trials comparing leading corn rootworm technologies in fields with moderate to heavy corn rootworm pressure.

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Corn Rootworm Management Guide

As corn rootworm pressure continues to evolve it becomes more important that growers re-evaluate the pressure each year. View our guide with trait solutions, expert articles and more.

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Combat Agronomic Challenges with DEKALB & Bayer Traits

Explore the innovative Bayer Traits available in DEKALB hybrid corn seed. View Bayer’s corn trait portfolio to find technologies designed to help address the agronomic challenges in your fields.
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All-around protection plus yield potential.

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Three Modes of Action for above-ground pests.

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Address Your Pest Pressure with These Traits, Tools, & Resources

Bayer Traits technologies help protect your corn yield potential from above-ground insects & below-ground corn rootworm feeding. Explore traits, tools, and resources to match protection to the unique pressure in your fields.

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*34 2021 Bayer Trials in the Corn Belt (KS, CO, NE, IA, IL, ND, SD, OH, MN) in medium to very high CRW pressure environments (as shown by a Node Injury Score on 0-3 scale 0.76-3 in the non-CRW traited check) vs. SmartStax® RIB Complete® Corn Blend, Agrisure Duracade® E-Z Refuge®, Qrome® and Optimum® AcreMax® XTreme products in the 95-115 RM range with comparable trait packages. Always read and follow pesticide label directions, insect resistance management requirements (where applicable), and grain marketing and all other stewardship practices. To review additional important information, click to open the menu below.