SC 665 – Mkango. SC 665 Mkango is a medium-maturing maize hybrid maturing in approximately 128 days. It produces white, hard-dent grain and has a yield potential of 10 tonnes per hectare, equivalent to approximately 200 × 50 kg bags. The brochure describes it as having excellent GLS and cob rot tolerance. It is suitable for summer grain and silage and is matched to Zones 3, 4 and 5.
Maize
SC 665 – Mkango
Medium drought-tolerant maize hybrid for Malawi.
Product Overview
About SC 665 – Mkango
Why choose this variety?
Medium drought-tolerant maize hybrid for Malawi.
Technical profile
Variety specifications
- Local / Commercial Name
- Mkango
- Maturity Band
- Medium
- Maturity Period
- 128 days
- Potential Yield
- 10 t/ha
- 50 kg Bag Equivalent
- 200 × 50 kg
- Drought Tolerance
- Yes
- Grain / Seed Characteristics
- White hard dent
- Disease / Tolerance Traits
- Excellent GLS and cob rot tolerance
- Recommended Uses
- Summer grain
- Country
- Malawi
- Regions / Provinces
- Central — Malawi, Northern — Malawi, Northern & Central — Malawi, Southern — Malawi
- Districts / Localities
- Balaka — Southern, Malawi, Blantyre — Southern, Malawi, Chikwawa — Southern, Malawi, Chiradzulu — Southern, Malawi, Chitipa — Northern, Malawi, Dedza — Central, Malawi, Dowa — Central, Malawi, Highland pockets in the Northern and Central regions — Northern & Central, Malawi, Karonga — Northern, Malawi, Kasungu — Central, Malawi, Likoma — Central, Malawi, Lilongwe — Central, Malawi, Machinga — Southern, Malawi, Mangochi — Southern, Malawi, Mchinji — Central, Malawi, Mulanje — Southern, Malawi, Mwanza — Southern, Malawi, Mzimba — Northern, Malawi, Neno — Southern, Malawi, Nkhata Bay — Northern, Malawi, Nkhotakota — Central, Malawi, Nsanje — Southern, Malawi, Ntcheu — Central, Malawi, Phalombe — Southern, Malawi, Rumphi — Northern, Malawi, Salima — Central, Malawi, Thyolo — Southern, Malawi, Zomba — Southern, Malawi
- Agro-ecological Zones
- Zone 2 — Malawi, Zone 3 — Malawi, Zone 4 — Malawi, Zone 5 — Malawi
- Rainfall Bands
- 1,100-1,800 mm — Malawi, 250-500 mm — Malawi, 500-800 mm — Malawi, 750-1,200 mm — Malawi
- Drought Tolerance Rating