Product Description
Yield potential of up to 14 tonnes per hectare at about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season
Reaches physiological maturity in about 150 – 155 days at 1,100 to 1,300 metres above sea level
Commercially available in Zambia
Product Characteristics
High yielding conventional hybrid in Africa with some farmers hitting 14t/ha in the high potential/irrigated areas
White, hard dent grain textured hybrid
Three yield components: high shelling out percentage of up to 85, high row number (18-20 under good environments) and long cobs (up to 33cm with over 900 kernels)
white maize hybrid
Excellent heat and drought escape mechanisms. An elastic and widely adapted hybrid for both dryland and irrigated farming
Good resistance to Maize Streak Virus, Grey Leaf Spot, Phaesopheria Leaf Spot, Northern Corn Leaf Spot and Common Rust
Medium dry down rate of 1.8% per week
Plant height 2.7 and cob placement at 1.5m
Excellent option for green mealies
An excellent product for silage because it has excellent stand ability, bulkish, leafy
Has good chaff:grain ratio – a measure of silage quality
Good stand ability with plant populations of over 53,000 plants per hectare