| CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical Lowland (LatAmTLW) focuses on developing intermediate maturing, white grain, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, resistant to TSC, MLB and ear rots, and are suitable for food use in tropical rainfed dry/wet low-altitude areas in Latin America. |
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General Information |
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Adaptation/Agroecological zone |
0 - 1000m above sea level |
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Type of product |
Single - Cross |
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Grain Characteristics |
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Grain color |
White |
| Grain Yield |
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Grain texture |
Semi-flint |
| Grain yield under optimum conditions |
9.0 t/ha |
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| Grain yield on-farm |
7.7 t/ha |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
| Grain yield under drought stress |
2.2 t/ha |
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Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) |
4.9 |
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Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) |
2.6 |
| Agronomic Characteristics |
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Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible |
| Maturity |
120 DAP |
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| Plant height |
260 cm |
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| Ear height |
130 cm |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
| Bad husk cover |
3.2% |
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Female seed yield |
4.0 t/ha |
| Ear rot |
5.1% |
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Male seed yield |
1.2 t/ha |
| Root lodging |
2.7% |
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Nicking |
2 days |
| Stalk lodging |
2.5% |
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| Anther-silking interval |
0.8 days |
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Comments |
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Product information is based on data from the peer reviewed publication: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10070259 and the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project 39 sites On-Farm (2016) Trials.
Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TSC = Tar Spot Complex
MLB = Maydis leaf blight |
| Further Links |
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| Chassaigne-Ricciulli AA, Mendoza-Onofre LE, Córdova-Téllez L, Carballo-Carballo A, San Vicente-García FM, Dhliwayo T. Development of Seed Production Technology of CIMMYT Tropical Single Cross Maize Hybrids. Agriculture. 2020; 10(7):259. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10070259 |
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