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When you get Deltapine® brand cotton seed at Nutrien Ag Solutions, you’re investing in a stronger start. By working together, we’ll make sure every acre works harder.
Built on results, backed by Nutrien Ag Solutions
Deltapine combines advanced trait technology with over a century of breeding innovation to deliver cotton varieties that stand up to herbicides, pests and environmental stress.
Built-in defence against yield-robbing pests
ThryvOn® Technology is the industry's first cotton biotechnology trait that provides built-in protection against key tarnished plant bug and thrips species.*
Built on over 25 years of innovation, ThryvOn Technology helps reduce early-season injury to protect yield potential.
Proven performance, year after year
These results show how ThryvOn Technology supports healthier early-season cotton.
6.1% MORE SQUARE RETENTION
ThryvOn Technology showed an 6.1% increase in square retention compared to the check.173%LESS THRIPS INJURY
ThryvOn Technology, provided a 73% reduction in average season-long injury from key thrips species compared to the check in farmer managed 2021 Ground Breakers® Field Trials.10SPRAYS NEEDED
In farmer managed 2021 Ground Breakers® Field Trials spanning 48 locations, zero third party consultants2 determined that an economic threshold had been reached to justify an insecticidal application for tobacco thrips and western flower thrips after weekly scouting of the ThryvOn Technology fields from the one leaf to five leaf stage.1- Scouting is critical to determine which and how many insecticide applications are recommended to avoid economic loss greater than pest management costs (i.e., when economic thresholds are met). Check with your local university extension for the latest spraying recommendations. 48 2021 farmer managed Ground Breakers® Field Trials in the cotton belt (AL, AR, GA, MO, MS, NC, TN, TX) vs the check (i.e., cotton varieties not containing ThryvOn™ Technology) vs cotton varieties not containing ThryvOn™ Technology. 0.375mg ai/seed imidacloprid applied to the ThryvOn Technology seed.
- Third party consultants received compensation from Bayer for additional data collection.