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. |
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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 hybrid |
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Grain Characteristics |
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Grain color |
Yellow |
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 |
7.1 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) |
3.4 |
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Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) |
5.8 |
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 |
244 cm |
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Ear height |
120 cm |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
Bad husk cover |
4.6% |
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Female seed yield |
4.8 t/ha |
Ear rot |
6.6% |
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Male seed yield |
4.7 t/ha |
Root lodging |
7.0% |
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Nicking |
0 days |
Stalk lodging |
16.1% |
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Anther-silking interval |
1.3 days |
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Comments |
Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project 43 sites On-Farm (2017) Trials.
Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TSC = Tar Spot Complex
MLB = Maydis leaf blight |