
Medium Maturing Hybrid
SC 637
Summary
Medium maturing, high yielding maize hybrid (135-148 days to physiological maturity).
Details
- Medium maturing white maize hybrid (135-148 days to reach physiological maturity)
- Excellent farmers' choice variety for high potential and irrigated farming with yield potential of up to 16 t/ha
- Mild tolerance to heat and drought stress tolerance.
- Good tolerance to Maize Streak and Mottle Virus
- Moderate tolerance to Grey Leaf Spot, Northern Corn Leaf Spot and Common Rust
- Very good cob rot disease tolerance.
- Semi flint grain texture. Medium dry down rate of less than 1.6% per week. An option for short rotations but need to be established aerly with irrigation.
- Three yield components: high shelling out %, high row number (16-18 under good environments) and long cobs (up to 31.5cm and up to 900 kernels per cob)
- Very good stand ability at up to 55 000 plants/ha
- Excellent tip cover. Farmers' choice for green mealie production.
- Plant height 2.7m and cob height 1.5m.
- Recommended for natural regions 1, 2 and 3. Can be grown in natural regions 4 and 5 but under irrigation.