YieldGard VT Triple^® represents the next generation of YieldGard™ stacked traits, developed through advanced Vector-Stack Transformation, or "VecTran," technology upon which its name is based.

A gene gun has typically been used to insert individual traits into separate plants, and then the plants have been crossbred to produce a new hybrid containing the multiple traits.

VecTran utilizes a cleaner, more natural agrobacterium-mediated insertion process. Two or more genes containing the desired traits are delivered through a single insertion process into the plant chromosome, on which optimal performance of the stacked traits is achieved. The result is a stacked-trait hybrid with a highly active and more consistent promoter of the rootworm protection gene, which is more effectively distributed throughout the root system.

For growers, this will mean they get stacked-trait hybrids with improved consistency, with even better insect control and higher yield potential than current YieldGard products on the market.