P68106
Corn
Africa
Asia Pacific
Australasia
Europe
Latin America and Caribbean
North America
Relative Maturity: Extra Early, FAO 160
Primary End Use: Forage, Grain and Biogas
NEW FOR 2026
This new hybrid has given the highest dry matter content of any hybrid in the Pioneer range, over 19 locations and two years of PACTS testing. P68106 combines a very good eyespot (Kabatiella zeae) resistance score of 6.6 with extremely good early vigour.
In late spring 2025, P68106 was added to the UK National List in the UK. It is a large stature hybrid for its maturity and is suitable for silage, biogas and grain production. This hybrid is an extra early maturity, high starch hybrid with a ‘dent like’ grain texture. It is suited to sowing on less favourable sites, and favourable sites where an early harvest is sought.
P68106 has been evaluated in two years of PACTS trials. It has given the highest dry matter content of any hybrid in the Pioneer range with a dry matter content on favourable sites of 41.9% over eight locations, and 39.2% on less favourable sites over eleven locations. Over all nineteen locations it has given an impressively high average dry matter content 40.5%.
P68106 has given very high starch contents and very high relative starch yields. It has given an average starch content of 39.0% on favourable PACTS locations and of 36.1% on less favourable locations.
With a PACTS resistance score of 6.6, P68106 has shown particularly good resistance to Eyespot. This rating was determined from assessments made in plots artificially inoculated with the disease, and in plots where natural infection occurred.
P68106 is a hybrid to be considered where early sowing is intended due to its impressive early vigour.
In 2025, PACTS testing of P68106 included differential plant population trials. PACTS trials indicate that P68106 provides very high starch contents at lower populations, and good starch contents combined with high forage dry matter yields at higher populations. Appropriate seeding rates for P68106 should be set according to the type of crop required and may vary in a wide range between 95,000 and 110,000 seeds per hectare in different situations.
Performance highlights:
- Very high dry matter content forage
- Very high starch content forage
- The highest early vigour score of all Pioneer hybrids tested
- Good PACTS Eyespot (Aureobasidium zeae) resistance score of 6.6
- High sowing rate performance
- Potential for grain production with the lowest average grain moisture in PACTS
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* Score on a 1- 9 scale where 9 = very resistant
** Assumes plant establishment losses of less than 5%
*** Film penetration varies with conditions and film. Trials conducted with Samco and Maizetech films