Product Description

  • Yield potential of up to 11.4 tonnes per hectare at 55,000 – 60,000 plants per hectare in a good season
  • Reaches physiological maturity in less than 100 days at 1,100 to 1,300 metres above sea level
  • SC 303 is commercially available in Zambia

Product Characteristics

  • The earliest maturing and high yielding hybrid in Sub-Sahara Africa today. Reaches physiological maturity in less than 100 days at 1,300 metres above sea level
  • A white coloured, semi-flint textured grain maize hybrid
  • Excellent heat and drought stress tolerance with an excellent drought escape characteristic as well making it suitable for areas with short rainfall seasons such zones 1 and 2
  • Good Maize Streak Virus, Phaesophaeria Leaf Spot and Grey Leaf Spot disease tolerance
  • Average plant height of 2.07m with a cob placement of 0.89m aiding excellent stand ability at population densities of up to 72 000 plants per hectare
  • Good cob rot tolerance
  • Very good option for quick to market green mealies production
  • Can withstand plant populations of up to 55000 plants per ha