CHLHY16010

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 10.0 t/ha       Grain yield on-farm 7.8 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance       Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) 2.9 Agronomic Characteristics   Rust (1-9) 4.1 Maturity 210 DAP   Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible Plant height 217 cm   Ear height 109 cm       Bad husk cover 3.7%   Seed Production Characteristics Ear rot  7.7%   Female seed yield  8.4 t/ha Root loging 3.7%   Male seed yield  5.2 t/ha Stalk lodging 8.9%   Nicking -4 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