| CIMMYT's eastern Africa product pipeline 1B (EA-PP1B) focuses on developing intermediate maturing, white grain, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, NUE, resistant to MLN, GLS, TLB, ear rots, and MSV, and are suitable for food use in tropical rainfed dry/wet mid-altitude areas in eastern Africa. |
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General Information |
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Adaptation/Agroecological zone |
1000 - 1600 masl |
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Type of product |
Three-way cross hybrid |
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Year first announced |
2021 |
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Grain Characteristics |
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Grain color |
White |
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Grain texture |
Semi-dent |
| Grain Yield |
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| Grain yield under optimum conditions |
8.1 t/ha |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
| Grain yield on-farm |
6.5 t/ha |
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Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) |
4.3 |
| Grain yield under drought stress |
2.9 t/ha |
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Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9) |
1.7 |
| Grain yield under FAW (art. inf.; no-choice trial) |
8.2 t/ha |
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Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) under art. inoc. (1-9) |
4.3 |
| Grain yield under HD |
10.4 t/ha |
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Ear Rots |
2.3% |
| Grain yield under low N stress |
3.6 t/ha |
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Diseases are scored on a 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible. |
| Grain yield under MLN artificial Inoculation |
5.1 t/ha |
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| Grain yield under random stress |
3.9 t/ha |
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| Grain yield under striga conditions |
4.5 t/ha |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
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Female seed yield |
8.4 t/ha |
| Agronomic Characteristics |
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Male seed yield |
2.0 t/ha |
| Maturity |
136 DAP |
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Nicking |
-4.0 Days |
| Plant height |
232 cm |
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| Ear height |
120 cm |
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Comments |
| Bad husk cover |
6.4% |
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Product information is based on data from various trials conducted by CIMMYT in eastern Africa in 2019 and 2020.
Abbreviations:
art. inf. = artificial infestation
art. inoc. = artificial inoculation
DAP = days after planting
GLS = Grey Leaf Spot
HD = High Density (80,000 plants per ha)
Low N = Managed Low Nitrogen
masl = meters above sea level
MD = Managed drought
MSV = maize streak virus
NUE = Nitrogen Use Efficient
Opt = Optimum Management
TLB = Turcicum Leaf Blight |
| Root lodging |
11.7% |
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| Stalk lodging |
8.9% |
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| Anthesis-silking interval |
0.8 Days |
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| Plant aspect (1-5) |
2.1 |
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| Plant and ear aspects are scored on 1-5 scale, where 1 = desirable and 5 = undesirable characteristics |
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| Further Links |
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| Full Announcement |
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| Trial Data Summary |
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| Regional Trial Site Information |
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