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