Zimbabwe: SC 547 – Early-Maturing Maize Hybrid: SC 547 is an early-maturing, disease-tolerant maize hybrid. It reaches physiological maturity in approximately 121-128 days, depending on altitude, and has a yield potential of up to 12 tonnes per hectare. The brochure describes SC 547 as the earliest in its series and as widely adapted, giving it flexibility across suitable maize-growing environments.
Early Maturing Hybrid, Maize
SC 547
Earliest in the series; widely adapted.
Product Overview
About SC 547
Why choose this variety?
Earliest in the series; widely adapted.
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Technical profile
Variety specifications
- Maturity Band
- Early
- Maturity Period
- 121-128 days
- Potential Yield
- Up to 12 t/ha
- Drought Tolerance
- Disease / Tolerance Traits
- Disease-tolerant
- Countries
- Zimbabwe
- Provinces / Regions
- Harare Metropolitan, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands
- Districts / Localities
- Arcturus, Banket, Battlefields, Beatrice, Bikita (part), Bindura, Bindura area (part), Binga hinterland (part), Bromley, Buhera, Centenary, Chakari, Chatsworth, Chegutu, Chinhoyi, Chitungwiza, Chivhu, Chivi (part), Connemara, Darwendale, Dete, Domboshava, Eiffel Flats, Empress Mine, Esigodini, Featherstone, Filabusi (part), Fort Rixon, Gadzema, Glendale, Gokwe, Golden Valley, Goromonzi, Guinea Fowl, Guruve, Gutu, Gwanda (part), Gweru, Harare, Headlands, Headlands (part), Hot Springs (part), Hunters Road, Hwange (part), Indiva, Insiza, Inyati, Jombe, Jombe (part), Jumbo, Kadoma, Kamativi, Karoi, Kenyandavu (part), Kotwa, Kwekwe, Kwekwe (part), Lalapanzi, Lions Den, Lonely Mine, Lubimbi, Lupane, Lusulu, Lusulu (part), Macheke, Magunje, Mahusekwa, Main Camp, Makaha, Makuti, Mangwe, Marondera, Marondera (part), Marula, Maryland Junction, Mashava, Masvingo (part), Matobo/Matopos, Mazowe, Mazowe (part), Mbalabala, Mhangura, Mount Darwin (part), Mubayira, Mudzi area, Munyati, Murehwa, Mutoko, Mutorashanga, Mvuma, Mvurwi, Narira, Ndolwane, Nkayi area (part), northern Guruve transition, Norton (part), Nyamandlovu, Nyamapanda, Nyanga, Nyazura (part), parts around Kadoma / Chegutu transition, parts of Kariba hinterland, Plumtree, Queens Mine, Raffingora, Redcliff, Rusape, Rushinga (part), Sanyati, Selous, Shamva, Shangani (part), Shurugwi, Shurugwi (part), Siabuwa, Silobela, Silobela (part), Somabhula, The Range, Trelawney, Tshongokwe, Tshongokwe (part), Umsweswe, Wedza, western Manicaland transition areas, Wilton, Wilton (part), Zaka
- Agro-ecological Zones
- Zone I, Zone IIa, Zone IIb, Zone III, Zone IV
- Rainfall Bands
- 450-650 mm, 650-750 mm, 750-1,000 mm, Above 1,000 mm