Embrapa demonstrates high-yield soybean cultivars at Safratec

Embrapa Soja will participate in Safratec, an event promoted by the Cocamar cooperative, from January 16 to 18 in Floresta (PR). 

Embrapa Soja will demonstrate the BRS 1064IPRO and BRS 1061IPRO cultivars. Also on display will be the BRS 2361 I2X, a pre-launch developed in partnership with Fundação Meridional.

BRS 1064IPRO - BRS 1064IPRO, developed by Embrapa Soja and Fundação Meridional, stands out for its excellent productive performance, high stability, and good adaptation. It is a transgenic soybean that is tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate and promotes the control of some species of caterpillars. ″This cultivar showed a productive gain above the average of the cultivars widely cultivated in the same region of indication,″ highlighted the technology transfer agent, Rogério Borges, from Embrapa Soja.

Recommended for Paraná (West and North), Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, and southern Goiás, especially in warmer locations below 600 m, it has Maturity Group 6.4. BRS 1064IPRO has a wide sowing window, showing good performance also at the opening of planting, which is an attraction for producers interested in growing off-season corn. This cultivar also shows resistance to lodging and central soybean diseases, mainly resistance to phytophthora root rot. Another highlight that makes BRS 1064IPRO quite promising is its resistance to root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne. javanica) and cyst nematodes (race 3), very common problems in the regions for which it is being recommended.

BRS 1061IPRO - BRS 1061IPRO is a transgenic soybean with tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate and control of some species of caterpillars. It allows early sowing, fitting into the system in succession/rotation of the 2nd harvest, and has moderate resistance to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica. This cultivar has high performance and stability in regions above 500 m of Macroregion 2. This cultivar is recommended for the following regions: SC (West and Northeast/ REC 102), PR (Southwest/ REC 102); SC (Central-North/ REC 103), PR (Central-South and Northeast/ REC 103) and SP (South/ REC 103); PR (West/North/ REC201), SP (Médio Paranapanema/ REC201); PR (Northwest/ REC202), SP (Southwest), MS (South/ REC202); SP (Central-South/West/ REC203); MS (Central-South/Southwest/ REC204). 

Pre-launch for the 2024/2025 harvest

BRS 2361 I2X - This is a transgenic soybean with Intacta2 Xtend^® (I2X) technology, which adds tolerance to the herbicides glyphosate and dicamba and resistance to the main soybean caterpillars. It has more significant production potential at altitudes above 600 m in the REC 201 macro-region of the states of Paraná and São Paulo. It also allows early sowing, enabling the sowing of second-crop corn in the best planting ″window″ in the region where the cultivar is indicated.