# 197-90 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Channel
- **Crop:** Corn
- **Relative maturity:** 97
- **Traits:** CONV (Conventional)
- **Release year:** 2020
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/channel/channel-197-90-corn
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Strengths & management

- Dependable yield performance potential
- Broadly adapted west to east in the 95-100 RM zones
- Agronomically sound with solid foliar disease package
- Great ear flex allows for planting at lower end of populations for the environment

## Maturity

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2490 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1240 |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 97 |

## Agronomic Characteristics

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

## Disease

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

## 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 |
|---|---|
| TRAIT | CONV |
| VARIETY | 01069506 |

## Regional seed-guide listings

- **2025 NE Nebraska** — agronomist: Pat Koenig