US 9800 Medium late maturity (7)** | Yellow Silage Maize 80K

Flowering time

Ready for silage harvesting

Physiological maturity

Plant height

Cobs per plant

Standing ability (Good=0, Weak=5)

Tillers per plant

65 - 75 Days

110 - 130 Day

135 - 145 Days

2.5 - 3.0 m

1 - 1.5

2

Mediun

Disease tolerance - (Good=0, Susceptible=5)

- Streak Virus

- White & Brown Rust

- Grey Leaf Spot

- Fusarium

- Diplodia

- Northern Leaf Blight

2.0

1.5

2.5

2.0

2.0

2.0

Drought tolerance

Heat tolerance 

Good

Very Good

Kernel properties

- Size

- Form

- Hardness

- Drying off

Big

Dent

Hard

Slow

Plants Per Hectare

- Dryland (450mm - 750 mm)

- High rainfall (750mm - 1200mm)

- Irrigation (>1200mm)

20 000 - 35 000

35 000 - 50 000

55 000 - 70 000

Pollenation period

Adapted Areas

In all Regions, irrigation

12 - 15 Days

Low to high rainfall and irrigation