Product Description

  • Yield potential of up to 5 tonnes per hectare
  • Reaches physiological maturity in 130 to 135 days at 1,100 to 1,200 metres above sea level
  • Commercially available in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Product Characteristics

  • 1000 gramme weight: 29 – 30 grammes
  • Grain size: Medium
  • Apex colour: Black/Purple
  • Grain colour: White
  • Amylose content: 23% (High and non-sticky)
  • Milling rate: 63%
  • Awning: Absent
  • Panicle type: Compact
  • Exertion: Good
  • Average Plant Height: 120 cm
  • Resistance to lodging: Very Good
  • Tillering: Good
  • Flag leaf angle: Erect
  • Basal leaf sheath colour: Light Green
  • Tolerance to leaf blast: Medium