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