Product Description

  • High yielding variety with potential of up to  10.5 tonnes per hectare.
  • Medium to late maturing white grain wheat variety.
  • Available commercially in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi.

Product Characteristics

  • High yielding and widely adapted across all agro-ecological zones
  • Yields of ± 10 tonnes per hectare have been achieved
  • White grained
  • Medium maturing – takes between  135 and 140 days to physiological maturity, and between 67 and 70 days to flowering
  • Moderate tolerance to Leaf Rust pathotypes and Powdery mildew
  • Adapted for soils with medium to high clay content
  • Good milling and baking qualities including: ≥ 12% protein content, falling numbers >300 per second, ≥ 80 kg/hl test weight, ≥ 33.7% wet gluten content
  • Characterized by good tillering and very good stand ability at populations of 2,5 million plants per hectare
  • Very stable yielder with late plantings