CZH15010 is an early-maturing, white, high-yielding, drought-tolerant maize hybrid that is NUE and resistant to GLS, TLB and MSV, and bred for food use in tropical, rainfed, dry/wet mid-altitude and lowland ecologies in southern Africa and similar agroecologies. |
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General Information |
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Target region |
Southern Africa |
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Adaptation/Agroecological zone |
< 1800 masl |
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Type of product |
Three-way cross hybrid |
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Year first announced |
2016 |
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Grain Characteristics |
Grain Yield |
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Grain color |
White |
Grain yield under opt (ME-A) |
9.00 t/ha |
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Grain texture |
Semi-flint |
Grain yield under HD (ME-A) |
10.19 t/ha |
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Grain yield under opt (ME-B) |
7.17 t/ha |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
Grain yield under random stress (ME-C) |
3.99 t/ha |
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Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9)* |
2.4 |
Grain yield under opt (ME-D) |
3.80 t/ha |
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Common rust (P. sorg) (1-9)* |
1.6 |
Grain yield under low N stress |
3.23 t/ha |
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Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9)* |
2.4 |
Grain yield under low P stress |
8.54 t/ha |
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*Diseases are scored on a 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible. |
Grain Yield under low pH stress |
3.52 t/ha |
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Agronomic Characteristics |
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Seed Production Characteristics |
Maturity |
Early |
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Female seed yield |
9.73 t/ha |
Days to 50% anthesis |
63.9 days |
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Male seed yield |
3.96 t/ha |
Anthesis-silking interval |
-0.8 days |
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Nicking |
5.8 Days |
Plant height |
251.2 cm |
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Ear height |
133.4 cm |
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Comments |
Ear position (ratio) |
0.53 |
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Product information is based on data from CIMMYT southern Africa 2016 regional trial (EHYB16). Actual performance will vary depending on a number of agronomic and environmental factors.
Abbreviations:
GLS = Grey Leaf Spot
HD = high density (80,000 plants per ha)
low N = low soil nitrogen
low P = low soil phosphorus
low pH = low soil pH (acidic soil)
masl = meters above sea level
ME-A = Maize mega-environment A (wet upper mid-altitudes)
ME-B = Maize mega-environment B (wet lower mid-altitudes)
ME-C = Maize mega-environment C (dry mid-altitudes)
ME-D = Maize mega-environment D (wet lowlands)
MSV = Maize Streak Virus
NUE = Nitrogen Use Efficient
opt = optimum management conditions
TLB = Turcicum Leaf Blight |
Lodging |
1.6% |
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Further Links |
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1. Full Announcement & trial data summary |
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2. Maize Mega-Environments (map) |
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