CLTHY17126

CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical Lowland (LatAmTLY) focuses on developing intermediate maturing, yellow  grain, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, resistant to MLB and ear rots, and are suitable for feed 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 Single-cross hybrid         Grain Characteristics       Grain color Yellow Grain Yield   Grain texture Flint Grain yield under optimum conditions 8.9 t/ha       Grain yield on-farm 6.2 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance Grain yield under drought stress 3.0 t/ha   Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) 3.3       Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) 4.2 Agronomic Characteristics   Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible Maturity 120 DAP   Plant height 254 cm       Ear height 120 cm   Seed Production Characteristics Bad husk cover 5.2%   Female seed yield  3.3 t/ha Ear rot  8.6%   Male seed yield  2.4 t/ha Root lodging 5.0%   Nicking 0 days Stalk lodging 9.9%       Anther-silking interval 0.4 days                 Comments Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 32 sites On-Farm (2019) Trials.

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