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Current view
- Massive, leafy silage maize
- Good starch content plus good digestability
- Highest potential on medium to heavy soils with good water supply
PETROSCHKA is silage maize driven by good qualities. The leafy type has a good dry down down of the husks which leads to a healthy amd safe ripening of the cobs.
Short profile
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General description
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Plant height
Dry matter yield
Starch yield
Grain yield
Early vigour
Lodging Res.
Fusarium Ear rot Res.
General description
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---- = very low resistance/early/short, ++++ = very high resistance/late/long
Adaption
Cold tolerance in spring
Cultivation
Density, unirrigated
DE: 8
Hybrid structure
Hybrid type
single cross
Grain type
flint dent
Silk flowering date
Growth
Early vigour
Plant height
Ear insertion, rel. to plant height
Leaf posture
Staygreen
Rows per ear
Resistance
Lodging Res.
Common smut (Ustilago maydis) Res.
Fusarium stem rot Res.
Fusarium Ear rot Res.
Northern leaf blight (Helm. turc.) Res.
Yield & quality grain
Grain yield
Yield & quality silage
Dry matter yield
Starch yield
Starch content
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.