CZH15080

CZH15080 is a late-maturing, white-grain, high-yielding, drought-tolerant maize hybrid that is NUE and resistant to GLS, TLB, Ear rots, and MSV, bred for food use in tropical, rainfed, dry/wet mid-altitude and transition ecologies in southern Africa and similar agroecologies.     General Information   Target region Southern Africa   Adaptation/Agroecological zone 400-1800 masl   Type of product Three-way cross hybrid   Year first announced 2016             Grain Characteristics Grain Yield   Grain color White Grain yield under opt (ME-A) 8.48 t/ha   Grain texture Semi-flint Grain yield under HD (ME-A) 10.35 t/ha       Grain yield under opt (ME-B) 7.32 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance Grain yield under random stress (ME-C) 5.25 t/ha   Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9)* 2.4 Grain yield under opt (ME-D) 3.96 t/ha   Common rust (P. sorg) (1-9)* 1.8 Grain yield under low N stress 3.79 t/ha   Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9)* 1.6 Grain yield under low pH stress 5.06 t/ha   *Diseases are scored on a 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible. Grain Yield under low P stress 8.10 t/ha             Agronomic Characteristics   Comments Maturity Late   Product information is based on data from CIMMYT southern Africa 2016 regional trial (EHYB16). Actual performance will vary depending on a number of agronomic and environmental factors.

Abbreviations:
GLS = Grey Leaf Spot
HD = high density (80,000 plants per ha)
low N = low soil nitrogen
low P = low soil phosphorus
low pH = low soil pH (acidic soil)
masl = meters above sea level
ME-A = Maize mega-environment A (wet upper mid-altitudes)
ME-B = Maize mega-environment B (wet lower mid-altitudes)
ME-C = Maize mega-environment C (dry mid-altitudes)
ME-D = Maize mega-environment D (wet lowlands)
MSV = Maize Streak Virus
NUE = Nitrogen Use Efficient
opt = optimum management conditions
TLB = Turcicum Leaf Blight Days to 50% anthesis 67.4 days   Anthesis-silking interval 1.4 days   Plant height 229.0 cm   Ear height 118.7 cm   Ear position (ratio) 0.51   Lodging 4.5%         Further Links   1. Full Announcement & trial data summary     2. Maize Mega-Environments (map)