Four new products have been added to the Deltapine cotton seed lineup for 2025. 

The announcement was made at the the Deltapine New Product Evaluator Summit in Nashville, Tenn., on December 13 and 14, where producers from across the Cotton Belt met to hear the news.  

“We had nine products that we evaluated,” said Eric Best, Deltapine cotton product manager. “It was a tough class. The number one comment was that it was hard to decide what we brought forward.” 

He described the four new varieties as an outstanding class of new cotton that has the potential to raise yield expectations, according to the feedback from NPE growers. 

“DP 2537 B3TXF could be a step change up in yield potential in B3TXF cotton varieties, and DP 2541 B3XF, when planted in moderate to high irrigation fields in the Southern High Plains of Texas, has the potential to produce excellent yields,” Best said. “We brought another nematode-resistant B3TXF variety to market and more products with bacterial blight resistance.” 

New cotton varieties 

Two of the new varieties have Bollgard 3 ThryvOn Cotton with XtendFlex technology. 

DP 2522NR B3TXF is an early-mid maturity variety offering resistance to both reniform nematodes and bacterial blight. In 2024 NPE plots, the variety demonstrated stable yield performance potential on reniform nematode-infested fields across its targeted markets of the Coastal Bend of South Texas, the lower Midsouth and the Southeast.  

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“This is a very good product that we are excited to have,” said Tim Dabbert, Deltapine cotton technical product and strategy lead. “It will be the first renform ThryvOn product.” 

Sixty percent of the NPE growers who evaluated this product approved of its performance. 

DP 2537 B3TXF is a mid-full maturity variety that shows excellent strength of terminal and has an open canopy. The variety demonstrated outstanding yield potential in the 2024 NPE evaluation plots and will be the latest maturing B3TXF product in the Deltapine lineup. It is targeted for the lower Midsouth and upper Southeast markets.  

“Excellent product,” Dabber said. “It has excellent strength of terminal, so timely utilization of plant growth regulators is key.” 

More than 60% of Midsouth NPE growers and 85% of Southeast NPE growers who evaluated this product approved of its performance. 

Additionally, two varieties have bollgard 3 with xtendflex technology. 

DP 2525 B3XF is an early-mid maturity variety resistant to bacterial blight and moderately tolerant to Verticillium wilt for the Northern High Plains of Texas. In 2024 NPE plots, this variety demonstrated yield performance on par with DP 1822 XF and DP 1820 B3XF and the potential to produce improved fiber quality.  

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“This is comparable to 1822 and 1820 with improved fiber quality for the early plains,” Best said. 

Of the NPE growers who evaluated this product, more than 85% approved of its performance and rated it as likely to purchase and plant. 

DP 2541 B3XF is a mid-full maturity variety that is resistant to bacterial blight and moderately tolerant to Verticillium wilt. In 2024 NPE plots, this variety demonstrated improved yield performance in the higher-yielding environments of the Southern High Plains of Texas over DP 1646 B2XF and DP 2335 B3XF.  

“It is a racehorse variety that's really going to have a pretty good top yield performance,” Dabbert said. 

Sixty percent of the NPE growers who evaluated this product approved its performance for use on land with plentiful water.  

High-end performance 

“What we saw in these four varieties was stable, high-end performance relative to growing conditions,” said Best. “NPE plot data came in from across the Belt, with some managed through very tough growing conditions and some hurt at harvest by rainfall.  

“Others were grown and evaluated in normal to good growing conditions, all of it providing a solid look at the performance potential of these products across a range of conditions. These four products have what it takes to be in the Deltapine product lineup for 2025.” 

The new varieties were planted and evaluated by NPE growers who, for 17 seasons, have provided feedback and final harvest results that help determine which varieties have the performance potential to be sold commercially. 

“We have to hand it to the NPE growers, some of whom had very tough growing and harvest conditions this season, but they hung in there and delivered the evaluations and the data,” said Best. “Their dedication to this program is what makes it successful and is what helps Deltapine put new genetics with improved performance potential and traits in the hands of growers. The truest test of a product is to let growers evaluate it, and that is the foundation of the Deltapine NPE Program.” 

More than 140 NPE cotton growers and their spouses from across the Cotton Belt attended the 2024 Deltapine NPE Summit to hear the latest information on variety performance and seed and trait technology, and to celebrate 110 years of Deltapine cotton breeding.  

For more information about the Deltapine NPE Program, visit Deltapine.com.