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. |
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General Information |
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Adaptation/Agroecological zone |
1200 - 1800m above sea level |
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Type of product |
Three-way hybrid |
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Grain Characteristics |
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Grain color |
White |
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Grain texture |
Semi-dent |
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Grain yield |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
Grain yield on-farm |
8.63 t/ha |
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Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) |
1.7 |
Grain yield under drought stress |
4.1 t/ha |
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Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9) |
4.7 |
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Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) |
3.9 |
Agronomic Characteristics |
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Rust (1-9) |
2.3 |
Plant height |
269 cm |
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Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) |
1.7 |
Ear height |
131 cm |
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Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible |
Bad husk cover |
8.2% |
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Ear rot |
8.8% |
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Root lodging |
1.8% |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
Stalk lodging |
2.8% |
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Female seed yield |
4.8 t/ha |
Anther-silking interval |
0.65 days |
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Male seed yield |
2.2 t/ha |
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Nicking |
-2 days |
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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 |