Medium-early maturing silage-maize with high starch content, top digestability and extremly high fodder-value!
Variety type:
Early, tall Dent x Flint SC-Hybrid
Legende: ++++ = sehr hoch, 0 = mittel, ---- = sehr gering
Development
rapid vegetative development without tillering,
early flowering,
very sure grain filling at medium stay-green
Lodging resistance
high (++)
Resistance
Stalk rot
++
Smut
+++
Corn borer
0
Maturity
Grain filling:
early-medium
Rest plant:
uniform stay-green
DM-Content:
early
Yield
Stable high, even under unfavourable conditions
Grain:
very high
+++
Rest plant:
medium
0
DMY:
medium to high
+/++
Energy (MJ/ha):
medium to high
+/++
Silage
High starch content, on the average 34 %!
Very high digestibility, average 72,6 %!
Quality-optimum 30 - 36 % TS
Harvestable period 1): about 3 weeks
Treshing ability
Only medium possibilities for combining of grain and high marketable parts with low costs for drying
Sowing time
After the soil temperature has reached 8 ° C from mid of April
Warm soil with high water capacity: 9.0-10.0 pl./m²
under drought or late sowing: 8.5-9.0 pl./m²
Fertilization
180 kg N/ha incl. N-min., underfoot-placement of NP, balance of other nutrients under consideration of slurry-content
Herbicide
Tolerant for Rimsulforon (Cato a.o.) and Nicosulfuron (Motivell)
Breeder
Südwestsaat GbR, Rastatt, Germany
++++= very high, favourable, 0= medium, - - - - = very low, unfavourable 1) Harvesting- period with favourable silage-quality
Information level 10/2007
All variety descriptions have been prepared in accordance to the best of our knowledge, considering trial results and observations. A guarantee or a liability in individual cases is not possible, because the growth conditions are subject to substantial fluctuations.
Recommendations
The variety is agronomically recommended in those countries that are emphasised in this map. For further informations or questions, please contact the SAATEN-UNION International Department in Hannover, Germany, or the SAATEN-UNION subsidiary or partner in the concerned country.