Product Description

  • Yield potential of up to 12 tonnes per hectare at about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season
  • Reaches physiological maturity in about 125 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters above sea level.
  • SC 403 is commercially available in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Product Characteristics Summary

  • Yield high of up to 12.4 tonnes per hectare (ART FARM 2011/12)
  • White, semi-flint textured grain hybrid maize variety
  • High shelling percentage of 80% plus
  • Very early maturing hybrid maize variety. Reaches physiological maturity in 115-129 days depending on altitude
  • Plant and cob height of 2.6m and 1.4m respectively
  • Wide regional adaptation
  • Outstanding drought tolerance
  • The farmers’ choice in low potential areas
  • Suitable for dambo/ dimba/ vlei cultivation and green mealies
  • Outstanding MSV and cob disease tolerance
  • Good standing ability. Can withstand plant population density of up to 65 000 plants per hectare