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MZ 540

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Performance
Trait:
Conventional
CHU:
3300
RM:
108
- Excellent yield on all soils
- Excellent plant health
- Very good grain quality
- Large ear with deep kernels
Agronomy Notes:
At harvest, plants have very good health. Ears are long and very girthy with deep kernels. Husk cover is very good and husks flare open at harvest. Performs in and south of adapted region.

 

Product Characteristics:
Emergence
Early Vigour Very Good
Leaf Angle Semi-Upright
Flowering Early-Medium
Anther Colour Yellow
Glume Colour Green (light red bands)
Silk Colour Green
Plant Height Medium
Ear Height Medium
Plant Health 9
Stay Green Average
Stalk Strength 8
Root Strength 7
Drydown 8
Herbicide N/A
Ear Characteristics:
Ear Type Semi-Determinate
Kernel Rows 16-18
Test Weight 7
Cob Colour Pink
Husk Cover Long
Shank Length Medium
Harvest Position Horizontal-Hanging

Plant evaluations were based on a scale of 1-9 (1=poor, 5=average, 9=excellent)
Pest and disease ratings are based on the severity of infection (0=highly tolerant; 100= highly susceptible)

Pest and Disease Ratings

ECB 80
Stewarts 47
GLS 45
NCLB 48
ALB 53
Eyespot 17
SCLB 52
Severity of Infection

Yield Data vs N65-M7 (5 loc - 2007 )
Yield Moisture Stalks Test Weight
-3.0% -0.3% -0.4% N/A

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