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Description
Maturity & Grain Traits
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Days to maturity: Approximately 115–120 days – classified as medium‑early
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Grain: Dent‑like, hard endosperm that dries efficiently and ensures sturdy kernels.
🌽 Plant & Cob Characteristics
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Plants: Vigorous and robust hybrid, notable for its thick cobs with full husk coverage, making harvesting easier
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Cob placement: Medium, aiding in mechanized and manual harvest
💧 Stress Tolerance & Disease Resistance
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Drought resilience: Excellent tolerance, widely promoted across regions with variable rainfall.
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Disease resistance: Tolerant to cob rot, gray leaf spot (GLS), Maize Streak Virus (MSV), leaf blight, and rust.
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Lodging resistance: Good stalk strength helps reduce crop lodging
Yield Potential
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High-yielding: Targets 9–10 t/ha (roughly 180–200 × 50 kg bags/ha) under optimal agronomic practices
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Locally praised in Tanzania for its performance during 2023/24
🌍 Adaptation & Suitability
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Adaptation: Performs well across Zambia, suitable for medium‑rainfall and semi‑rainfed agro-ecological zones.
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Target users: Ideal for smallholder farmers seeking high yield, drought-robustness, and efficient grain drying.
Feature Summary
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Days to maturity | ~115–120 days |
| Grain type | Dent-like hard grain |
| Yield potential | 9–10 t/ha (180–200 × 50 kg bags) |
| Drought tolerance | Excellent |
| Disease tolerance | Cob rot, GLS, MSV, leaf blight, rust |
| Stalk robustness | Good (lodging resistance) |
| Husk coverage | Full, enhancing harvest efficiency |
| Adaptation | Medium‑rainfall or semi‑rainfed zones across Zambia |
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