CAH193

CIMMYT's South Asia heat- and drought-tolerant (SAHDT) pipeline focuses on developing medium- to late-maturing maize hybrids with yellow grain color that are high-yielding, with good standability, tolerance to drought-plus-heat stress, and resistance to TLB and macrophomina stalk rot.     General Information Adaptation/Agroecological zone Rainfed ecology of South Asia Hybrid Type: Single cross     Seed Production Characteristics Female seed yield  3.47 t/ha Male seed yield  3.03 t/ha Nicking + 3.5 days     Biotic Stress Performance Turcicum leaf blight (1-9) 5.4 Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible     Abiotic Stress Performance Grain yield under heat stress 5.35 t/ha     Agronomic Characteristics Maturity 113 DAP Plant height 170 cm Ear height 82 cm Ear Position 0.48 Anther-silking interval 2.22 days     Further Links Full Announcement Regional Trial Data Summary Regional Trial Site Information     Comments Product information is based on data from the CIMMYT Hyderabad Maize Regional On-Station (2018)

Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
Opt = Optimum Management
TLB = Turcicum Leaf Blight