# AG61XF6 BRAND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Asgrow - **Crop:** Soybeans - **Maturity group:** 6.1 - **Traits:** XF (XtendFlex) - **Release year:** 2026 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/soybeans/asgrow/asgrow-ag61xf6-soybeans - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning Asgrow® AG61XF6 brand is a 6.1 RM XtendFlex® soybean that is a chloride excluder. AG61XF6 brand has very good resistance to southern root knot nematode, excellent southern stem canker tolerance and is a chloride excluder. ## Strengths & management - 1) Medium height plant with above average standability. - 2) Strong resistance to southern root knot nematode. - 3) Determinate soybean with excellent tolerance to southern stem canker and strong tolerance to Phytophthora root rot. - 4) Chloride excluder. ## Disease Ratings | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | SOUTHERN ROOT KNOT (M. INCOGNITA) | R | | SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE | S | | PRR RESISTANCE | Rps1c | | PRR FIELD TOLERANCE | 4 | | FROGEYE LEAF SPOT | 5 | | SOUTHERN STEM CANKER | 2 | ## Sensitivity | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | CHLORIDE SENSITIVITY | Exc | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | MATURITY GROUP | 6 | | VARIETY CODE | 01113088 | ## Plant Description | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | GROWTH HABIT | Determinate | | HILUM COLOR | BL | | OIL CONTENT | 22.15 | | POD WALL COLOR | TN | | PROTEIN CONTENT | 38.8 | | RELATIVE MATURITY | 6.1 | | HERBICIDE TOLERANT TRAIT | XF | | CANOPY | MB | | FLOWER COLOR | Purple | | PUBESCENCE COLOR | T | | PLANT HEIGHT CATEGORY | M | ## Production | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | EMERGENCE | 2 | | STANDABILITY | 3 | | NO-TILL ADAPTABILITY | 3 | ## Regional seed-guide listings - **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026#2** — agronomist: Vint Hicks - **Eastern NC & Southeast VA** — agronomist: Zachary Webb - **Southeast (AL/FL/GA) 2026** — agronomist: Eddie Beasley - **2026 CAROLINAS PIEDMONT** — agronomist: Jim Kiser