Give Your Soybean Seed a Head Start

Make the most of your seed investment with protection from the portfolio of LumiGEN^® seed treatments. With a powerful, proven formulation, these innovative technologies protect your Pioneer^® brand soybean seed from pests, diseases and challenging soil conditions. LumiGEN seed treatments increase your potential for More FULL-VALUE plants at harvest. Give your soybeans a healthy start and maximize your yield potential with advanced seed treatment exclusive to Pioneer and other seed brands from Corteva Agriscience.

Best-in-Class Phytophthora Protection

Our foundation starts with LumiTreo™ fungicide seed treatment for best-in-class protection against Phytophthora, the No. 1 soybean disease. Research in multiyear trials shows soybeans treated with LumiTreo fungicide seed treatment produced a 4.0 bu/A yield advantage over metalaxyl, the previous leading technology for Phytophthora protection, in areas considered high pressure responsive locations.^¹

Improved Plant Health

A biostimulant for improved early season root and plant growth is paired with a high-grade polymer for better seed flow and drop accuracy. The biofungicide inhibits seedling and root pathogens while it elicits systemic changes within the plant, activating the plant’s natural defense system. This increases nutrient uptake through healthier roots and sites for nodulations.

Protection From Pests

Available insect protection includes two modes of action with Lumiderm^® insecticide seed treatment + Gaucho^® Imidacloprid seed treatment combined to provide a broad spectrum insect protection, early vigor and uniform stands. Lumiderm insecticide seed treatment delivers a 1-3 bu/a yield advantage^¹ and shields soybean seedlings against 2X the number of insect species including cutworms, white grubs, thrips and wireworms.^²

What does FULL-VALUE mean?

Planting soybeans early extends the growing season to maximize pod and grain production. But this often exposes seed and seedlings to harsh environmental conditions and soilborne pests that reduce emergence and lead to uneven early growth.

Soybeans exhibit a remarkable ability to fill in for skips and gaps. Inevitably, however, some seeds emerge and grow more slowly than others. These slower-growing “runt” plants direct growth energy into height. Plants narrow and elongate their stems, stretch the distance between nodes and produce fewer trifoliates and fewer pods.

While they eventually catch up in height, these spindly plants never produce as much grain as faster-emerging plants.

You know Pioneer breeds soybeans for vigor, fast emergence and rapid early growth. But did you know you can boost your potential for more FULL-VALUE plants by adding LumiGEN^® seed treatments to your Pioneer genetics?

The latest research shows just a two-day improvement in emergence speed and uniformity can lead to significant gains: a 5%-12% increase in stem diameter, 11% - 37% increase in total leaf area and grain mass increase ranging from 20% - 55% — the very definition of a high-value plant. The Iowa Soybean Association’s (ISA) Research Center for Farming Innovation (RCFI) studies show that late-emerging soybean plants produce 20% fewer pods and have more than 30% fewer three-bean pods.

As it turns out, evenness of emergence speed is more important to yield than uniformity of plant spacing in the row.² And researchers note this problem cannot be overcome by increases in seeding rates.² Safeguarding seed from soilborne pests that can damage speed of emergence and early growth is the proper management strategy to maximize the number of FULL-VALUE plants.