CHLHY16002

CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical highlands yellow (LatAmTHY) focuses on developing early maturing, yellow grain, high-yielding maize hybrids, resistant to TLB, rust and ear rots, and suitable for feed use in tropical rainfed dry/wet high-altitude areas in Latin America.   General Information   Adaptation/Agroecological zone 2000 - 2800m above sea level   Type of product Three-way hybrid         Grain Characteristics       Grain color Yellow Grain yield   Grain texture Dent Grain yield under optimum conditions 9.6 t/ha       Grain yield on-farm 7.7 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance       Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) 2.9 Agronomic Characteristics   Rust (1-9) 4.0 Maturity 210 DAP   Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible Plant height 202 cm   Ear height 93 cm       Bad husk cover 4.5%   Seed Production Characteristics Ear rot  1.6%   Female seed yield  12.4 t/ha Root loging 2.8%   Male seed yield  5.4 t/ha Stalk lodging 7.6%   Nicking -3 days Anther-silking interval 2 days                 Comments Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 45 sites On-Farm (2017) Trials.

Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TLB = Turcicum leaf blight