Tar Spot Tolerant Products

These Pioneer^® brand hybrids have been rigorously tested in local conditions for resistance to tar spot.

Featured Hybrids

Take back your yield from tar spot. Pioneer® brand corn products showed a 5.9 bu./A advantage in areas of high tar spot pressure in 12,020 comparisons at 718 locations.

Versatile hybrid with excellent drought tolerance, strong late season plant health and good test weight. Strong tar spot resistance and overall disease package.

Versatile product with excellent drought tolerance and stability to fit multiple yield environments. Good foliar disease package including strong tar spot resistance.

Good yield potential along with outstanding drought tolerance. Solid foliar disease package and agronomic package.

Outstanding tar spot resistance and overall good disease package. Versatile hybrid with very good drought tolerance and root strength.

Impressive yield potential, excellent drought tolerance and very good root strength. Very good Tar Spot and Northern Corn Leaf Blight resistance.

High yield potential along with excellent drought tolerance and stability. Good mid-season brittle stalk resistance and strong tar spot resistance.

Exceptional yield potential and solid agronomic package. Good disease package including above average tar spot resistance.

Solid roots and overall agronomic package. Excellence disease package including strong tar spot resistance.

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Pioneer® P0421Q™ brand Corn Hybrid vs. Dekalb

Time-lapse of Pioneer^® P0421Q™ brand corn hybrid vs. Dekalb, captured in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Video shows both corn hybrids under medium tar spot pressure from late August 2022 through late September 2022.

Josh Shofner, Pioneer Field Agronomist

"Managing tar spot starts with a strong foundation; strong genetics are the building block to this foundation. You can’t always fungicide yourself out of tar spot if you don’t start strong."

Tar Spot Field Guide

Pioneer manages one of the largest local, on-farm testing programs in the industry to produce seed that’s proven to perform in your local conditions. See how we put our products through rigorous examination to ensure you’re getting products that will resist tar spot, deliver top agronomics and high-yield potential every season.

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Product performance data is based on the average of comparisons made in the United States through 11/09/22. Comparisons are against all competitors and within a +/- 3 CRM of the competitive brand. Competitive products are products other than those marketed and/or sold by a member of the Corteva Agriscience group of companies.