CSTHW18377

CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical Mid-altitude (LatAmTM) focuses on developing intermediate maturing, white and yellow  grain, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, resistant to GLS and ear rots, and are suitable for food and feed use in tropical rainfed dry/wet mid-altitude areas in Latin America.   General Information   Adaptation/Agroecological zone 1200 - 1800m above sea level   Type of product Three-way hybrid         Grain Characteristics       Grain color White Grain Yield   Grain texture Semi-Flint Grain yield on-farm 8.46 t/ha       Grain yield under drought stress 2.99 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance       Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) 1.8 Agronomic Characteristics   Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9) 5.1 Plant height 249 cm   Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) 1.9 Ear height 126 cm   Rust (1-9) 2.7 Bad husk cover 5.7%   Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) 1.8 Ear rot  6.3%   Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible Root lodging 4.1%   Stalk lodging 5.2%             Seed Production Characteristics Comments   Female seed yield  7.1 t/ha Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 42 sites On-Farm (2019) Trials.   Male seed yield  1.1 t/ha   Nicking -5 days           Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
TLB = Turcicum leaf blight
MLB = Maydis leaf blight
GLS = Grey leaf spot
TSC = Tar Spot Complex