Bollgard® 3 XtendFlex® Cotton Varieties Offer Great Options for 2022 Planting

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January 22, 2022 Growers looking for early-maturing cotton varieties with performance like DP 1646 B2XF have options with the Deltapine® brand Class of ’20 cotton varieties DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF.

It’s no secret that DP 1646 B2XF is a widely planted cotton variety in the Southwest, as growers have become familiar with management and pleased with its consistent performance on dryland and irrigated acres. While DP 1646 B2XF will remain in strong demand, the newer Bollgard® 3 XtendFlex® cotton varieties offer earlier maturity, as well as similar yield potential and fiber quality.



Added Benefits

Both DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF have shown increased emergence and seedling vigor in comparison with the rest of the Deltapine cotton variety lineup. Additionally, both varieties have demonstrated good response to plant growth regulators (PGR). These varieties can grow aggressively in certain environments across the region; however, when PGRs are applied, they respond well and are showing to be easier to manage in very growthy conditions when compared to DP 1646 B2XF.

Another added feature of the two Class of ’20 cotton varieties is that they offer the protection of Bollgard® 3 technology. The Bollgard 3 trait has demonstrated outstanding control of cotton bollworms, even under heavy pressure, helping to reduce the potential need for insecticide applications.

Both DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF have demonstrated stable fiber quality regardless of growing conditions. Both varieties have shown consistent fiber length and micronaire even in stressful dryland acres across southern Texas, where other early-maturing varieties may struggle. Because of the tighter boll type of both DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF, increased storm resistance over DP 1646 B2XF has been observed.

“We’ve evaluated DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF for three years when you include the 2019 New Product Evaluator plots. When comparing the yield data to DP 1646 B2XF, DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF have proven to perform as well or better in this region,” said Deltapine technical agronomist Scott Stanislav. “DP 1646 B2XF will remain a key variety for this region and will still represent a significant number of acres next season. However, DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF offer growers options to spread out maturity and harvest timing while not sacrificing yield or quality potential.”

Grower Experience

Deltapine NPE grower Brian Hlavinka has grown all three varieties in his family’s farm in East Bernard, Texas, since 2019. When he compares DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF to DP 1646 B2XF, protection provided by the Bollgard 3 technology is the first thing he cites.

“Bollgard 3 cotton is a huge plus for us down on the Gulf Coast, where we fight bollworms most seasons,” Hlavinka said. “They are also earlier in maturity than DP 1646 B2XF — a plus with the weather factors we face down here at harvest time — and they have helped me get my cotton out sooner. I’ve grown all three of these varieties, and the yield on DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF is as good as, if not better than, DP 1646 B2XF, and I do not lose anything on fiber quality with the Class of ’20 varieties.”

Hlavinka likes the staple length on DP 1646 B2XF, but it does not amount to a significant financial gain when he pencils all the varieties out on a dollar-per-acre basis. In fact, just factoring in a potential reduction or elimination of bollworm applications can give the Class of ’20 varieties an advantage, he said.

“They have a larger seed size and have shown better emergence, and they do not require an aggressive PGR program like DP 1646 B2XF requires,” adds Hlavinka. “I think they are better varieties for us going forward.”

After several seasons of success growing DP 1646 B2XF in El Campo, Texas, Garrett Cerny’s family planted all Bollgard 3 cotton on their farm in 2021. Both DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF were planted on several fields and showed good early vigor and stand establishment, said Cerny.

“Both cotton varieties were easy to manage with PGRs, and both had good plant structure,” he said. “When we harvested those fields, both varieties picked clean, and they both ginned out very well with good fiber grades. We will plant more of these two varieties next season.”

Cerny said DP 2012 B3XF and DP 2020 B3XF appear to be very similar in terms of plant growth management, as well as in yield potential and fiber quality. The fact that both varieties offer Bollgard 3 protection is a big plus.

“The Bollgard 3 cotton held up well in the bollworm pressure that we faced,” he said. “Another plus with these two varieties is maturity. Farming cotton on the upper Gulf Coast, we worry about hurricane season, and the sooner we can get the cotton harvested, the better we are. You’re looking at shorter-season varieties versus a fuller-season variety in DP 1646 B2XF. The shorter-season cotton varieties can allow you to get into the field with the harvester a lot sooner.”

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Performance may vary, from location to location and from year to year, as local growing, soil and weather conditions may vary. Growers should evaluate data from multiple locations and years whenever possible and should consider the impacts of these conditions on the grower’s fields.
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