Product Description
- Yield potential of up to 16.1 tonnes per hectare from about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season
- Reaches physiological maturity in about 145 – 150 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters above sea level
- Commercially available in Malawi, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Product Characteristics
- A late maturing white maize hybrid
- High yield potential of up to 16.8 tonnes per hectare (Mbawa Malawi)
- White, semi-flint textured grain hybrid with long cobs with closed tips
- High shelling percentage of over 85%
- A late maturing hybrid. Reaches physiological maturity in 145 – 158 days depending on altitude
- Plant and cob height of 3.0m and 1.8m respectively
- Wide regional adaptation. Recommended for Seed Co Pan African zones 5, 6 and 7 or irrigated lands
- Very good foliar disease tolerances
- Excellent tolerance to drought
- Excellent for silage
- Suitable for green mealies
- Excellent standing ability, can withstand plant population density of up to 55,000 plants per hectare
Zambia
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
West & Central Africa
South Africa
