# 208-18-A BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Channel
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 108
- **Traits:** CONV (Conventional)
- **Release year:** 2020
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/channel/channel-208-18-a-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Strengths & management

- Has shown consistently high yield performance in this 108 RM product
- Very good agronomics with a strong disease package
- Semi determinant ear size product that has shown response to higher populations and high level management
- This product shows consistency with ear fill --- usually to the very tip
- Has shown good response to irrigation and potential to benefit from fungicide application
- Good potential adaptation from East to West thru the 110 and 115 RM bands

## Maturity

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2700 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1340 |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 108 |

## Agronomic Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 2 |
| EAR FLEX (GRAIN YIELD PER PLANT) | SF |
| EAR HEIGHT | M |
| GREENSNAP | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 4 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | M |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 3 |
| SEEDLING VIGOR | 3 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 3 |

## Disease

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 5 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 4 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 4 |
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT R1 | 3 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 6 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |

## Adaptation

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| FOCUS AREA | W,C,E |

## Herbicides

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| PIGMENT INHIBITORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |

## Other

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| FUSARIUM EAR ROT | 7 |
| DIPLODIA EAR ROT | 4 |
| KERNEL ROW | 16-18 |
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| TRAIT | CONV |
| VARIETY | undefined |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **SW Ohio Corn, Soybeans, and Silage MY25** — agronomist: Sam Park
- **South Eastern Indiana Channel Positioning 2025** — agronomist: Cody Hornaday
