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Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Soybeans

More Beans Per Pod

More beans per pod, means more bushels per acre, resulting in more profit potential.

Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans were developed through extensive gene mapping that identified specific DNA regions in soybeans that have a positive impact on yield.

Using advanced insertion and selection technologies, the Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® gene is situated in one of these high-yield DNA regions.

Advances in innovative science allow Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans to deliver high yield potential.

Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans are the latest example of Monsanto’s commitment to sustainable agriculture—a drive to develop innovations that will double crop yields for the American farmer by 2030.

This year, up to 2 million acres will be introduced. A full launch of Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans is scheduled on 7-8 million acres in 2010.

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Powerful Performance

Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans contain in-plant tolerance to Roundup® agricultural herbicides. So you can spray Roundup® agricultural herbicides on-crop all the way from emergence through flowering.

In four years of Monsanto field trials in six states, comparing near-isogenic lines, Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans consistently delivered 7-11% higher yields* than Roundup Ready® Soybeans.

Acceleron™ Seed Treatment Products

Acceleron™ Seed Treatment Products complement Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans. Seed treated with Acceleron™ can deliver top-end yield and profit potential for farmers, offering:


  • Improved early plant growth and vigor with an exclusive plant health agent.
  • Disease-fighting protection with an exclusive fungicide combination featuring pyraclostrobin and metalaxyl, which provides excellent control of important seed-borne and soil-borne diseases.
  • Insect protection utilizing imidacloprid to reduce damage to soybeans caused by early season insect pests.

Central City, NE – 35 days after planting

Untreated Roundup
Ready® soybeans

Roundup Ready®
Soybeans with commercial
seed treatment [1]

Genuity™ Roundup
Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans
with Acceleron™
Seed Treatment Products [2]

*Source: Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans yield 7-11% higher than Roundup Ready® Soybeans based on 73 Monsanto field trials (17-20 per year) from 2004-2007. Four-year average percentage increase for Roundup Ready 2 Yield® = 8.63, with a 95% confidence interval of 6.8-10.5% advantage from Roundup Ready 2 Yield®.

[1] Includes fungicide and insecticide products.
[2] Includes Plant Health, fungicide and insecticide products.

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Putting Soybeans to Work

Approximately 98% of the soybean meal that is crushed is further processed into animal feed with the balance used to make soy flour and proteins. Of the oil fraction, 95 percent is consumed as edible oil; the rest is used for industrial products such as fatty acids, soaps and biodiesel.
(Source: Soyatech)

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