CIMMYT's biofortified PVA maize pipeline focuses on developing high-yielding, nutritious maize hybrids that have orange grain and are drought tolerant, NUE, resistant to GLS, TLB, ear rots, and MSV, and are suitable for food use in tropical rainfed dry/wet mid-altitude areas in southern Africa. |
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General Information |
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Adaptation/Agroecological zone |
800-1500 masl |
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Region |
Southern Africa |
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Type of product |
Three-way cross hybrid |
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Year first announced |
2017 |
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Grain Characteristics |
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Grain color |
orange |
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Grain texture |
Semi-flint |
Grain Yield |
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PVA content |
14.0µg/g |
Grain yield (MEA) (OPT) |
10 t/ha |
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Grain yield (MEB) (OPT) |
6 t/ha |
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Biotic Stress Performance |
Grain yield (MEC) (RS) |
5.3 t/ha |
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Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) |
1.7 |
Grain yield under drought stress |
2.3 t/ha |
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Rust (1-9) |
1.2 |
Grain yield under low N stress (NUE) |
3.6 t/ha |
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Maize Streak Virus (MSV) (1-9) |
3.5 |
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Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9) |
1.2 |
Agronomic Characteristics |
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Ear rot |
9.5% |
Maturity |
Early |
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Diseases were originally scored on a 1-5 scale but have been converted here to a 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible. |
Days to 50% Anthesis |
60.7 |
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Anthesis-silking interval |
1.1 days |
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Bad husk cover |
1.8% |
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Comments |
Ear aspect (1-5) |
2.8 |
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Product information is based on data from the CIMMYT Southern Africa Maize Regional On-Station 2017 Trials. Actual performance will vary depending on a number of agronomic and environmental factors.
Abbreviations:
GLS = Grey Leaf Spot
masl = Meters above sea level
MEA = Mega-environment A (wet upper mid-altitudes)
MEB = Mega-environment B (wet lower mid-altitudes)
MEC = Mega-environment C (dry mid-altitudes)
MSV = maize streak virus
NUE = Nitrogen Use Efficient
PVA = Provitamin A
TLB = Turcicum Leaf Blight |
Ears per plant |
1.0 |
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Ear height |
95.1 cm |
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Plant height |
191.4 |
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Root lodging |
1.2% |
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Stalk lodging |
1.2% |
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Plant and ear aspects are scored on 1-5 scale, where 1 = desirable and 5 = undesirable characteristics |
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Further Links |
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1. Maize Mega-Environments (map) |
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2. Biofortified orange maize is as efficacious as a vitamin A supplement |
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3. Provitamin A maize within the maize seed systems and grain value chain in Tanzania |
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