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)