Product Description
- Yield potential of up to 11.6 tonnes per hectare from about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season
- Reaches physiological maturity in about 127 – 130 days at 1,100 to 1,300 metres above sea level
- SC 513 is commercially available in Zambia
Product Characteristics
- White, dent grain textured maize hybrid with large cobs
- Early maturing hybrid
- Plant and cob height of 2.8m and 1.6m respectively
- Wide regional adaptation
- Moderate tolerance to MSV – Seed treatment is recommended for off-season green mealie production
- Good for green mealies production
- High nitrogen use efficiency
- Can withstand plant population density of up to 60,000 plants per hectare
Zambia
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
West & Central Africa
South Africa
