Product Description
- Yield potential of up to 2.5 tonnes per hectare
- Speckled
- Reaches physiological maturity in less than 85 to 90 days at 1,100 to 1,200 metres above sea level
- Licensed and commercially available in Malawi, Zimbabwe
Product Characteristics Summary
- Yields high of up to 2.5 tonnes per hectare
- Grain size: Large
- Grain colour: Red speckle
- Ultra-early maturing. Reaches physiological maturity in 85 to 90 days at 1,100 to 1,200 metres above sea level
- Days to flowering: 35 – 40 days
- Flower colour: White flowers
- Days to pod shattering: 21 days
- Average Plant Height: 60 cm
- Pod clearance: 10cm
- Growth habit: Determinate and Upright
- Harvestability: Suitable for both machine and hand harvesting
- Seeding rate: 120kg/ha (Plant population of 350,000 plants/hectare)
- Suitable for low and medium rainfall areas, or for late planting in high rainfall areas
Zimbabwe
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
South Africa
West & Central Africa
Zambia
