Product Description
- Yield potential of up to 13.2 tonnes per hectare from about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season
- Reaches physiological maturity in about 125 days at 1,100 to 1,300 metres above sea level
- SC 403 is commercially available in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Product Characteristics
- White, semi-flint textured grain hybrid maize variety
- High shelling percentage of 80% plus
- Very early maturing hybrid maize variety. Reaches physiological maturity in 115-129 days depending on altitude
- Plant and cob height of 2.6m and 1.4m respectively
- Wide regional adaptation
- Outstanding drought tolerance
- The farmers’ choice in low potential areas
- Suitable for dambo/ dimba/ vlei cultivation and green mealies
- Outstanding MSV and cob disease tolerance
- Good standing ability. Can withstand plant population density of up to 65,000 plants per hectare
Zambia
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
West & Central Africa
South Africa
