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)