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CLTHY15031

CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical Lowland (LatAmTLY) focuses on developing intermediate maturing, yellow  grain, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, resistant to MLB and ear rots, and are suitable for feed use in tropical rainfed dry/wet low-altitude areas in Latin America.   General Information
  Adaptation/Agroecological zone 0 - 1000m above sea level
  Type of product Three-way Cross
     
  Grain Characteristics
      Grain color Yellow
Grain Yield   Grain texture Flint
Grain yield under optimum conditions 8.7 t/ha      
Grain yield on-farm 7.6 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance
Grain yield under drought stress 2.3 t/ha   Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) 3.4
      Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) 6.0
Agronomic Characteristics   Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible
Maturity 120 DAP  
Plant height 245 cm      
Ear height 130 cm   Seed Production Characteristics
Bad husk cover 4.6%   Female seed yield  6.0 t/ha
Ear rot  3.6%   Male seed yield  3.9 t/ha
Root lodging 1.6%   Nicking 0 days
Stalk lodging 6.2%      
Anther-silking interval 1.0 days   Comments
      Product information is based on data from the peer reviewed publication: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11020161 and the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project 36 sites On-Farm (2016) Trials.

Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TSC = Tar Spot Complex
MLB = Maydis leaf blight
Further Links  
Chassaigne-Ricciulli, A.A.; Mendoza-Onofre, L.E.; Córdova-Téllez, L.; Carballo-Carballo, A.; San Vicente-García, F.M.; Dhliwayo, T. Effective Seed Yield and Flowering Synchrony of Parents of CIMMYT Three-Way-Cross Tropical Maize Hybrids. Agriculture 2021, 11, 161. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11020161  
 
 
 
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Region > Latin America
Biotic Stress Tolerance > Ear rots
Adaptation > Lowlands
Biotic Stress Tolerance > Maydis Leaf Blight (MLB)
Grain Texture > Flint
Year announced > 2017
Abiotic Stress Tolerance > Drought tolerant
Maturity Group > Intermediate maturing
Product Type > Three-way cross hybrid
Grain Color > Yellow grain
Seed producibility traits > Good nicking
For Information, Contact:
Arturo Silva
Maize Seed Systems Coordinator - Latin America
CIMMYT
A.Silva@cgiar.org

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