| Origin |
recombination of local cultivars of Mali |
Morphologic
features |
Plant height |
2.5 - 3 m |
| Tillering |
abundant |
| |
Ear form |
cylindrical |
| |
Ear size |
38 cm |
| |
Compaction |
compact |
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Grain color |
yellow gray |
| |
Grain weight |
16 g per 1000 grains |
| |
Agronomic
features |
Time to flowering |
80 days |
| Daylength response |
sensitive |
| |
Seedling vigor |
good |
| |
Processing
features |
Endosperm |
moderately vitreous |
| Consistency tô |
good |
| |
| Susceptibility |
Diseases |
tolerant to downy mildew and smut |
| |
Pests |
resistant to earworm |
| |
Weeds |
susceptible to Striga |
| |
| Performance |
Potential yield |
2.5 t/ha |
| |
Farmer's yield |
1.8 t/ha |
| |
| Application |
area with annual rainfall between 700 and 900 mm |
| |
Recommended
practices |
Soil preparation |
ridging at the start of the rainy season |
| Sowing |
optimum sowing period: 15 June - 5 July
sowing at 0.80 x 0.80 m (6 kg/ha),
thinning at 2 plants per hole (31,250 pl/ha) |
| |
Fertilization |
4 to 8 t/ha farm yard manure or 100 kg/ha
ammonium phosphate at emergence, 50 kg/ha urea at heading |
| |
Precedent crops |
legumes or fallow |
