Product Description
- Yield potential of up to 5 to 6 tonnes per hectare at about 53 333 plants per hectare in a good season
- Reaches physiological maturity in about 90 days at 1,100 to 1,300 metres above sea level
- Commercially available in Nigeria
Product Characteristics Summary
- Early maturing pro-vitamin A variety
- Reaches physiological maturity in 90 days depending on altitude
- Yield potential of up to 6 tonnes
- Excellent stay green trait
- Wide regional adaptation
- Good tolerance to foliar diseases
- Moderate tolerance to MSV – Seed treatment is recommended for off-season green mealie production
- Grain size is intermediate and semi flint
- Can withstand plant population density of up to 60 000 plants per hectare
- N-Use efficient and responds to good fertilisation
Nigeria
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Malawi
Kenya
South Africa
Tanzania
West & Central Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
