Product Description
- Yield potential of up to 16 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 and Zimbabwe
Product Characteristics
- White, hard dent grain textured hybrid
- Large cobs with very good shelling percentage of above 80%
- Medium to late maturing hybrid
- Plant and cob height of 2.7m and 1.1m respectively, giving an excellent stand ability of over 55,000 plants per hectare
- Good tolerance to leaf and cob rot diseases
- Good heat and drought tolerance
- Characteristic stay green trait
- Recommended for Seed Co Pan African 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
