| 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 |
Three-way 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 |
8.8 t/ha |
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| Grain yield on-farm |
6.5 t/ha |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
| Grain yield under drought stress |
3.9 t/ha |
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Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) |
3.0 |
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Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) |
2.8 |
| 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 |
262 cm |
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| Ear height |
138 cm |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
| Bad husk cover |
8.1% |
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Female seed yield |
8.1 t/ha |
| Ear rot |
8.5% |
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Male seed yield |
3.4 t/ha |
| Root lodging |
4.6% |
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Nicking |
- 6 days |
| Stalk lodging |
8.0% |
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| Anther-silking interval |
0.5 days |
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| Comments |
Product information is based on data from Seed Production Research Trials and the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 32 sites On-Farm (2019) Trials.
Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TSC = Tar Spot Complex
MLB = Maydis leaf blight |
