| CIMMYT's Latin America Tropical Mid-altitude (LatAmTM) product pipeline focuses on developing intermediate-maturing, white and yellow kernel, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, resistant to GLS and ear rots, and are suitable for food and feed use in tropical rainfed dry/wet mid-altitude areas in Latin America. |
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General Information |
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Region |
Latin America |
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Adaptation/Agroecological zone |
1200 - 1800m above sea level |
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Type of product |
Three-way hybrid |
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Year first announced |
2022 |
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Grain Characteristics |
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Grain color |
Yellow |
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Grain texture |
Semi-dent |
| Abiotic Stress Performance |
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| Grain yield under optimum conditions |
10.3 t/ha |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
| Grain yield on-farm |
8.7 t/ha |
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Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) |
3.2 |
| Grain yield under drought stress |
2.9 t/ha |
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Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9) |
5.0 |
| Grain yield under rainfed |
7.7 t/ha |
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Rust (1-9) |
3.9 |
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Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible |
| Agronomic Characteristics |
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| 50% anthesis |
71 DAP |
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| Anthesis-silking interval |
0.88 days |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
| Ear height |
118 cm |
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SC female parent seed yield |
5.2 t/ha |
| Plant height |
237 cm |
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Male seed yield |
2.4 t/ha |
| Ears per plant |
1.02 |
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Nicking |
0 days |
| Bad husk cover |
1.0% |
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| Ear rot |
2.9% |
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Comments |
| Root lodging |
2.7% |
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Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 41 sites On-Farm (2020) Trials.
Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
GLS = Grey leaf spot
SC = Single-cross
TLB = Turcicum leaf blight
TSC = Tar spot complex |
| Stalk lodging |
3.0% |
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| Further Links |
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| Full Announcement & trial data |
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