Product Description

  • Yield potential of up to 2.5 tonnes per hectare
  • Speckled
  • Reaches physiological maturity in less than 70 to 75 days at 1,100 to 1,200 metres above sea level
  • Licensed and commercially available in Malawi, Zimbabwe

Product Characteristics Summary

  • Yields high of up to 2.5 tonnes per hectare
  • Grain size: Medium
  • Grain colour: Purple speckled
  • Ultra-early maturing. Reaches physiological maturity in 65 to 75 days at 1,100 to 1,200 metres above sea level
  • Days to flowering: 27 – 30 days
  • Flower colour: Purple/Violet flowers
  • Days to pod shattering: 15 days
  • Average Plant Height: 50 cm
  • Pod clearance: 9cm
  • Growth habit: Determinate and Upright
  • Harvestability: Suitable for both machine and hand harvesting
  • Seeding rate: 110kg/ha (Plant population of 400,000 plants/hectare)
  • Suitable for low and medium rainfall areas, or for late planting in high rainfall areas