# AG44XF4 BRAND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Asgrow - **Crop:** Soybeans - **Maturity group:** 4.4 - **Traits:** XF/SR (XtendFlex/SR) - **Release year:** 2024 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/soybeans/asgrow/asgrow-ag44xf4-soybeans - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning Asgrow® AG44XF4 brand is a mid maturity group 4 XtendFlex® and SR® soybean with high yield potential and supporting agronomic and defensive traits. ## Strengths & management - Medium tall plant with good canopy development - SCN resistance - Very good Phytophthora field tolerance - Good tolerance to SDS and southern stem canker - Chloride excluder ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SOUTHERN ROOT KNOT (M. INCOGNITA) | S | | SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE | R3 | | PRR RESISTANCE | Rps1a | | PRR FIELD TOLERANCE | 4 | | SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME | 4 | | FROGEYE LEAF SPOT | 4 | | SOUTHERN STEM CANKER | 2 | ## Sensitivity | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | CHLORIDE SENSITIVITY | Exc | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | MATURITY GROUP | 4 | | VARIETY CODE | 1098336 | ## Plant Description | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GROWTH HABIT | Indeterminate | | HILUM COLOR | BL | | OIL CONTENT | 21.6 | | POD WALL COLOR | BR | | PROTEIN CONTENT | 38.3 | | QUALITY TRAIT | - | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 4.4 | | HERBICIDE TOLERANT TRAIT | XF/SR | | CANOPY | MB | | FLOWER COLOR | Purple | | PUBESCENCE COLOR | T | | PLANT HEIGHT CATEGORY | MT | ## Production | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | EMERGENCE | 2 | | STANDABILITY | 4 | | NO-TILL ADAPTABILITY | 2 | | IRON CHLOROSIS | 6 | ## Regional seed-guide listings - **Southern Illinois Seed Guide** — agronomist: Josh Tooley - **2025 Northeast Seed Guide** — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh - **MidAtlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay - **2026 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Greg Ferguson - **2025 Seed Guide** — agronomist: Greg Ferguson - **Eastern Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Joe Harris - **North Delta 2026** — agronomist: Josh Rupard - **2026 Kentucky Seed Guide** — agronomist: Todd Ladd - **2025 Kentucky Seed Guide** — agronomist: Todd Ladd - **2025 KS and MO** — agronomist: Molly Drimmel - **Eastern Missouri 2026** — agronomist: Joe Harris - **Northwest Missouri 2025** — agronomist: Jody Foutch - **Mid Atlantic** — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay