Product Description
- Yield potential of up to 14 tonnes per hectare from about 60,000 plants per hectare in a good season
- Reaches physiological maturity in about 130 – 140 days at 1,100 to 1,300 metres above sea level
- Commercially available in Malawi and Zambia
Product Characteristics
- Excellent shelling out percentage of above 80%
- White, dent textured hybrid
- Medium maturing
- Excellent variety for both dryland and irrigated farming systems
- Very good tolerance to heat and drought stress
- Good Maize Streak Virus and Grey Leaf Spot disease tolerance
- Fastest dry down rate of 2.5% per week, hence farmers’ choice for short crop rotations such as maize – wheat
- Plant height of 2.30 m and cob height of 1.20m. Good Stand ability of up to 60,000 plants/ha
- Recommended for zones 4, 5 and 6 (including SBU specific agro zones)
Zambia
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
West & Central Africa
South Africa
