Product Description

  • Yield potential of up to 2.5 tonnes per hectare
  • Speckled
  • Reaches physiological maturity in less than 85 to 90 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: Large
  • Grain colour: Red speckle
  • Ultra-early maturing. Reaches physiological maturity in 85 to 90 days at 1,100 to 1,200 metres above sea level
  • Days to flowering: 35 – 40 days
  • Flower colour: White flowers
  • Days to pod shattering: 21 days
  • Average Plant Height: 60 cm
  • Pod clearance: 10cm
  • Growth habit: Determinate and Upright
  • Harvestability: Suitable for both machine and hand harvesting
  • Seeding rate: 120kg/ha (Plant population of 350,000 plants/hectare)
  • Suitable for low and medium rainfall areas, or for late planting in high rainfall areas