Product Description
- Yield potential of up to 12 tonnes per hectare from about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season
- Reaches physiological maturity in about 135 – 140 days at 1,100 to 1,300 metres above sea level
- Commercially available in Zambia
Product Characteristics
- Yellow, semi dent textured grain
- Farmer’s choice for livestock feeds (including maize silage) and green mealie production as well as yellow grain
- Good heat and drought tolerance aiding wide adaptation
- Good tolerance to leaf diseases with moderate tolerance to MSV
- Good tolerance to cob rot disease
- Very good stand ability with plant populations of up to 55,000 per hectare
- Excellent option for green mealies and silage crops
- Recommended for zones 4, 5 & 6 and irrigated lands (agro-ecological zones 2 and 3 of Zambia)
Zambia
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
West & Central Africa
South Africa
