Leafhopper Stopper Alfalfa Varieties

Potato leafhoppers infest alfalfa over a wide geographic area and cause significant economic damage each year. Researchers have found alfalfa stands suffer yield and quality losses before yellowing becomes visible. Leafhopper-resistant alfalfa varieties from Pioneer can help you:

• Maintain yields under leafhopper pressure.
• Maintain forage yield and quality by allowing timely cuttings, unaffected by the need to cut early to control leafhoppers.
• Reduce costs of leafhopper field scouting and spraying. Threshold infestation level for spraying is 3 to 4 times higher than with non-resistant varieties.

Note: During the first seedling growth, leafhopper-resistant varieties should be managed similarly to non-resistant varieties.