CLTHW14003

CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical Lowland (LatAmTLW) focuses on developing intermediate maturing, white grain, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, resistant to TSC, MLB and ear rots, and are suitable for food use in tropical rainfed dry/wet low-altitude areas in Latin America.   General Information   Adaptation/Agroecological zone 0 - 1000m above sea level   Type of product Three-way hybrid         Grain Characteristics       Grain color White Grain yield   Grain texture Semi-dent Grain yield under optimum conditions 9.4 t/ha       Grain yield on-farm 7.4 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance Grain yield under drought stress 2.0 t/ha   Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) 4.3       Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) 4.0 Agronomic Characteristics   Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible Maturity 120 DAP   Plant height 241.5 cm       Ear height 124.9 cm   Seed Production Characteristics Bad husk cover 3.2%   Female seed yield  7.79 t/ha Ear rot  5.1%   Male seed yield  4.57 t/ha Root lodging 1.7%   Nicking 1 day Stalk lodging 2.7%       Anther-silking interval 1.16 days                 Comments         Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 38 sites On-Farm (2014) Trials.

Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TSC = Tar Spot Complex
MLB = Maydis leaf blight