| CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical Lowland (LatAm-PP1C) 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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Latin America |
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Adaptation/Agroecological zone |
0 - 1200m above sea level |
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Type of product |
Three-way hybrid |
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Year first announced |
2019 |
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Grain Characteristics |
| Grain Yield |
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Grain color |
Yellow |
| Grain yield under optimum conditions |
8.4 t/ha |
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Grain texture |
Semi-flint |
| Grain yield on-farm |
5.9 t/ha |
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| Grain yield under drought stress |
2.9 t/ha |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
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Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) |
3.8 |
| Agronomic Characteristics |
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Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) |
5.0 |
| 50% anthesis |
59 DAP |
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Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible |
| Plant height |
258 cm |
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| Ear height |
129 cm |
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| Bad husk cover |
3.2% |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
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| Ear rot |
5.7% |
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Female seed yield |
8.0 t/ha |
| Root lodging |
4.1% |
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Male seed yield |
3.1 t/ha |
| Stalk lodging |
4.0% |
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Nicking |
3 days |
| Anther-silking interval |
1.2 days |
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Comments |
| Further Links |
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Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 38 sites On-Farm (2018) Trials.
Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
MLB = Maydis leaf blight
TSC = Tar Spot Complex |
| Regional Trial Data Summary & Trial Site Information |
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