| 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 |
| Grain Yield |
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Grain texture |
Semi-Flint |
| Grain yield on-farm |
8.46 t/ha |
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| Grain yield under drought stress |
2.99 t/ha |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
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Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) |
1.8 |
| Agronomic Characteristics |
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Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9) |
5.1 |
| Plant height |
249 cm |
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Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) |
1.9 |
| Ear height |
126 cm |
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Rust (1-9) |
2.7 |
| Bad husk cover |
5.7% |
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Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) |
1.8 |
| Ear rot |
6.3% |
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Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible |
| Root lodging |
4.1% |
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| Stalk lodging |
5.2% |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
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Female seed yield |
7.1 t/ha |
| Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 42 sites On-Farm (2019) Trials. |
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Male seed yield |
1.1 t/ha |
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Nicking |
-5 days |
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Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TLB = Turcicum leaf blight
MLB = Maydis leaf blight
GLS = Grey leaf spot
TSC = Tar Spot Complex |
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