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HYDRO MASTER

Facing summer droughts, the choice of corn variety is crucial. Discover Hydro Master, Lidea's genetic solution that ensures stability and performance even under water stress conditions.

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Water Stress and Corn: How Lidea Genetics Protect Your Yield Potential

Climate change is a tangible reality for every farmer in Europe. Rising temperatures, intensifying summer droughts, and climate variability are disrupting agricultural cycles.  For corn growers, the uncertainty is at its peak: how to choose a variety that will withstand potential water stress without sacrificing yield potential if the season turns out to be favorable?

Faced with this challenge, the choice of variety becomes a strategic decision for the farm's profitability.  A resilient and flexible genetic solution is needed.

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Understanding Corn's Water Needs: The Real Challenge

The real issue is not the total quantity, but the timing. Corn's water requirements are critical during the flowering period, in the middle of summer, when water resources are often most limited and heat stress is highest.  It is this sensitive phase that can heavily impact the final yield.

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Hydro Master: Lidea's Genetic Answer to Water Stress

To provide a concrete and easy-to-implement solution, Lidea has developed Hydro Master.  This is not a single variety, but a range of varieties that brings together high-performance corn hybrids specifically selected for their exemplary behavior under water stress conditions.

The goal: to help farmers make the right choice to secure their harvest, regardless of the year's conditions.

Stability Proven by a European Trial Network

Lidea's confidence in the Hydro Master solution is based on robust data. Each year, nearly 4,000 trials are conducted across the main corn-growing regions of Europe.  Using a proprietary agronomic model, the "Hydro profil," Lidea analyses the behavior of each hybrid according to the water balance of the plot (rain, irrigation, available water capacity). 

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To find the Hydro Master variety best suited to your fields and secure your yields, discover the Lidea corn portolio.