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CSTHW17109

CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical Mid-altitude (LatAmTM) focuses on developing intermediate maturing, white and yellow  grain, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, resistant to GLS and ear rots, and are suitable for food and feed use in tropical rainfed dry/wet mid-altitude areas in Latin America.   General Information
  Adaptation/Agroecological zone 1200 - 1800m above sea level
  Type of product Three-way hybrid
     
  Grain Characteristics
  Grain color White
  Grain texture Semi-dent
         
Grain yield   Biotic Stress Performance
Grain yield on-farm 8.63 t/ha   Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) 1.7
Grain yield under drought stress 4.1 t/ha   Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9) 4.7
      Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) 3.9
Agronomic Characteristics     Rust (1-9) 2.3
Plant height 269 cm   Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) 1.7
Ear height 131 cm   Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible
Bad husk cover 8.2%  
Ear rot  8.8%      
Root lodging 1.8%   Seed Production Characteristics
Stalk lodging 2.8%   Female seed yield  4.8 t/ha
Anther-silking interval 0.65 days   Male seed yield  2.2 t/ha
      Nicking -2 days
         
Comments
Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 33 sites On-Farm (2017) Trials.

SNICS Registration Code:
MAZ-2485-250620.

Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TLB = Turcicum leaf blight
GLS = Grey leaf spot
MLB = Maydis leaf blight
TSC = Tar Spot Complex
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Adaptation > Mid-altitudes
Biotic Stress Tolerance > Ear rots
Biotic Stress Tolerance > Grey leaf spot (GLS)
Biotic Stress Tolerance > Turcicum leaf blight (TLB)
Grain Texture > Semi-dent
Region > Latin America
Year announced > 2018
Abiotic Stress Tolerance > Drought tolerant
Maturity Group > Intermediate maturing
Grain Color > White grain
Product Type > Three-way cross hybrid
For Information, Contact:
Debora Escandón Pacheco
CIMMYT
D.Escandon@cgiar.org

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