CZH1716A

CIMMYT's biofortified PVA maize pipeline focuses on developing high-yielding, nutritious maize hybrids that have orange grain and are drought-tolerant, NUE, resistant to GLS, TLB, ear rots, and MSV, and are suitable for food use in tropical rainfed dry/wet mid-altitude areas in southern Africa.   General Information   Adaptation/Agroecological zone 800 - 1500 masl   Region Southern Africa   Type of product Three-way cross hybrid   Year first announced 2018         Grain Characteristics   Grain color Orange       Grain texture Semi-flint Grain Yield   PVA content 10µg/g Grain yield (MEA) (OPT) 7 t/ha       Grain yield (MEB) (OPT) 5 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance Grain yield (MEC) (RS) 4 t/ha   Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) (1-9) 2.5 Grain yield under drought stress 2.6 t/ha   Rust (1-9) 1.4 Grain yield under low N stress (NUE) 3.4 t/ha   Maize Streak Virus (MSV) (1-9) 2.4       Grey leaf spot (GLS) (1-9) 2.4 Agronomic Characteristics   Ear rot  6.9% Maturity Intermediate   Diseases were originally scored on a 1-5 scale but have been converted here to a 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible. 50% Anthesis 66.8   Anthesis-silking interval 0.8 days       Bad husk cover 12.9%   Comments Ear aspect (1-5)* 2.3   Product information is based on data from the CIMMYT Southern Africa Maize Regional On-Station 2018 Trials. Actual performance will vary depending on a number of agronomic and environmental factors.

Abbreviations:
GLS = Grey Leaf Spot
masl = Meters above sea level
MEA = Mega-environment A (wet upper mid-altitudes)
MEB = Mega-environment B (wet lower mid-altitudes)
MEC = Mega-environment C (dry mid-altitudes)
MSV = maize streak virus
NUE = Nitrogen Use Efficient
PVA = Provitamin A
TLB = Turcicum Leaf Blight Ears per plant 1.2   Ear height 106.0 cm   Plant height 197.5 cm   Root lodging 11.2%   Stalk lodging 8.2%   *Plant and ear aspects are scored on 1-5 scale, where 1 = desirable and 5 = undesirable characteristics           Further Links   1. Maize Mega-Environments (map)     2. Biofortified orange maize is as efficacious as a vitamin A supplement            3. Provitamin A maize within the maize seed systems and grain value chain in Tanzania