{"id":802,"date":"2021-09-24T10:24:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T10:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/104.238.170.140\/seedcogroup\/zw\/fieldcrops\/?page_id=802"},"modified":"2021-09-28T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:39:14","slug":"maize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/maize\/","title":{"rendered":"Maize"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>#sp-ea-1129 .spcollapsing { height: 0; overflow: hidden; transition-property: height;transition-duration: 500ms;}#sp-ea-1129.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single {margin-bottom: 10px; border: 1px solid #e2e2e2; }#sp-ea-1129.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.ea-header a {color: #444;}#sp-ea-1129.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.sp-collapse>.ea-body {background: #fff; color: #444;}#sp-ea-1129.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single {background: #eee;}#sp-ea-1129.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.ea-header a .ea-expand-icon { float: left; color: #444;font-size: 16px;}<\/style><div id=\"sp_easy_accordion-1780078834\"><div id=\"sp-ea-1129\" class=\"sp-ea-one sp-easy-accordion\" data-ea-active=\"ea-click\" data-ea-mode=\"vertical\" data-preloader=\"\" data-scroll-active-item=\"\" data-offset-to-scroll=\"0\"><div class=\"ea-card ea-expand sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-11290\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse11290\" aria-controls=\"collapse11290\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-minus\"><\/i> Varieties for Irrigated Land<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse collapsed show\" id=\"collapse11290\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-1129\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-11290\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p><strong>SC 727<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Highest yielding conventional hybrid in Africa with some farmers hitting top yields of 21t\/Ha in the high potential\/irrigated areas.<\/li><li>Late maturing white maize hybrid (155-160 days to reach physiological maturity).<\/li><li>Excellent heat and drought tolerance. Tolerant to common maize diseases. An elastic and widely adapted hybrid for both dryland and irrigated farming. Recommended for natural regions 1, 2 and 3 in Zimbabwe.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 719<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Farmers' first choice in the irrigated and high potential environments - yields up to 21 t\/Ha under good management<\/li><li>Late maturing white maize hybrid (148-155 days to reach physiological maturity)<\/li><li>Top performer and a global hybrid, hardy and well adapted across environments and seasons<\/li><li>Has good tolerance to most maize diseases in Zimbabwe.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 661<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 15.9 tons per hectare at about 53,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 138- 145 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 659<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 15 tons per hectare at about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 138- 149 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 657<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 16 tons per hectare at about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 138- 145 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 649<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Medium maturing white maize hybrid (135-145 days to reach physiological maturity)<\/li><li>Highest yielder in Zimbabwe in the 600 series maturity group up to 16 t\/ha.<\/li><li>Excellent disease tolerance<\/li><li>Heat and drought stress tolerance and wide adaptation.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 608<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 15 tons per hectare at about 53,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 135 \u2013 148 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters above sea level<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-11291\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse11291\" aria-controls=\"collapse11291\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> Varieties for Dry Land<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse \" id=\"collapse11291\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-1129\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-11291\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p><strong>SC 727<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Highest yielding conventional hybrid in Africa with some farmers hitting top yields of 21t\/Ha in the high potential\/irrigated areas.<\/li><li>Late maturing white maize hybrid (155-160 days to reach physiological maturity).<\/li><li>Excellent heat and drought tolerance. Tolerant to common maize diseases. An elastic and widely adapted hybrid for both dryland and irrigated farming. Recommended for natural regions 1, 2 and 3 in Zimbabwe.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 719<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Farmers' first choice in the irrigated and high potential environments - yields up to 21 t\/Ha under good management<\/li><li>Late maturing white maize hybrid (148-155 days to reach physiological maturity)<\/li><li>Top performer and a global hybrid, hardy and well adapted across environments and seasons<\/li><li>Has good tolerance to most maize diseases in Zimbabwe.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 661<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 15.9 tons per hectare at about 53,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 138- 145 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 659<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 15 tons per hectare at about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 138- 149 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 657<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 16 tons per hectare at about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 138- 145 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 649<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Medium maturing white maize hybrid (135-145 days to reach physiological maturity)<\/li><li>Highest yielder in Zimbabwe in the 600 series maturity group up to 16 t\/ha.<\/li><li>Excellent disease tolerance<\/li><li>Heat and drought stress tolerance and wide adaptation.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 608<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 15 tons per hectare at about 53,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 135 \u2013 148 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters above sea level<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 555<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Yield potential of up to 14 tons per hectare at about 55,000 plants per hectare in a good season<\/li><li>Reaches physiological maturity in about 135 days at 1,100 to 1,300 meters above sea level.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 529<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Early, widely adapted high yielding maize hybrid. Reaches physiological maturity in 135 days at 1300 metres above sea level.<\/li><li>Out-yield most 600 series hybrids on the market.<\/li><li>Top yielder in this maturity group with high yield potential of up to 13 t\/ha. Long attractive cob (28-30 cm) with semi-flint grain texture and good tip cover.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SC 513<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Popular variety with farmers<\/li><li>An early maturing white grained maize hybrid. Reaches physiological maturity in 137 days at 1300 metres above sea level.<\/li><li>Pan-African early maturing hybrid that performs across diverse environments. Excellent drought tolerance. Elastic maize hybrid, good for both high and low potential environments with yield potential of up to 10 t\/ha.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-802","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seedcogroup.com\/zw\/fieldcrops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}