ClimaCONTROL3

For the cultivation of corn, the environment has a significant impact. It can be stimulating but often it is quite unfavorable. The reason for this is that certain stages of corn development coincide with high air temperatures and dry periods. This leads to limited water availability. When water becomes scarce, the plants require more energy to stay hydrated and this stress has a severe impact on crop yields.

Agricultural production is heavily influenced by climate change. Each year, there is a growing presence of high air temperatures, longer periods of drought, and other adverse weather conditions. It becomes increasingly difficult to achieve successful agricultural yields.

However, there is good news. Within KWS’s inbred line pools, we identify genes that contribute to stress tolerance. Our breeders use the traditional method of crossing distinct lines with known characteristics and study their offspring. This approach is accompanied by modern engineering methods and observations of breeding process in KWS trial network. In order to bring you our top products, hundreds of plot trial locations are set up across Europe. Also, four drought platforms are made for testing drought stress in different phases of the plant life cycle.

Finally, a high number of strip trials bring information about the behavior of larger units. In the end, all this research led to the creation of ClimaCONTROL3 – a group of KWS hybrids that are more tolerant to drought.

Through three specific phases - before, at and after flowering, our hybrids minimize the risk of drought-related problems thanks to their

• well developed roots,
• igher water storage capacity and
• better control of transpiration losses.

Because of that, our hybrids are able to realize their potential more efficiently than others. And optimize your profits.