CROP CHARACTERISTICS AND ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
Hybrid Maize (Hand Planting) / Hybrid Maize (Mechanical Planting)
HYBRID INFORMATION | OBA SUPER 4 |
Hybrid Type | Single cross |
Kernel Colour | Yellow |
Kernel Type | Flint |
Photoperiod | Neutral |
Maturity date | 100 – 105 |
Days to mid-silking | 59 |
Adaptation | Rain forest derived savanna &southern Guinea savannas |
Plant Height (cm) | 185 – 195 |
Ear Height (cm) | 90 – 95 |
Pest / Disease Tolerance | Tolerant to the major diseases of maize, e.g., maize streak virus, downy mildew, rust, leaf blight and curvularia leaf spot |
Potential Yield (tons / hectare) | 6 – 7 |
Outstanding Characteristics | More adapted to the rain forest ecology; High Yield. |
Nutrient Content | 9.11 % MC Flour; 2.04 % Ash; 8.27 % Fat; 4.45 % Sugar; 70.58 % Starch; 22.61 % Amylose; 11.37 % Protein |
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