Maize seed products

Mukwa

Hybrid Advantages

  • Excellent choice for irrigated or dryland high-yield-potential fields
  • Sets two semi-flint ears at moderate plant populations
  • Short statured with dark green healthy leaves for manageable crop performance

Hybrid Qualities

Hybrid Management Pointers

  • Choose appropriate seed planter plates as Mukwa usually has small flat seed size.
  • Performs best at moderate plant population of 45 000 to 55 000 plants/ha
  • Responds well to early planting and good soil fertility

ZS265

Hybrid Advantages

  • Robust, vigorous three-way hybrid for moderate to high yield environments
  • Defense agronomics with fat ears and clean semi dent grain
  • Consistent yield performance across diverse environments

Hybrid Qualities

Hybrid Management Pointers

  • Ideally establish a plant population of 45 000 to 55 000 plants/ha
  • Responds well to early planting and good soil fertility
  • Best for regions II and III in Zimbabwe

Manjanja

Hybrid Advantages

  • Excellent choice for short season or drought-prone fields
  • Very early maturity for early harvest of clean white grain
  • Robust short plant with good drought defensive characteristics

Hybrid Qualities

Hybrid Management Pointers

  • In drought-prone areas reduce plant population to 36 000 plants/ha
  • Fast growth-rate requires earlier Nitrogen top dressing time-wise, but still at 6-leaf stage
  • Very early planting may expose the crop to late rains during grain fill

Mutsa

Hybrid Advantages

  • Ideal drought and heat tolerant hybrid for dryland production
  • Flexible yield performance, responding well in both low-and high-input farming conditions
  • Bright white meal making attractive and tasty sadza

Hybrid Qualities

Hybrid Management Pointers

  • Mutsa handles a range of plant populations from 36 000 to 50 000 plants/ha depending on environmental yield potential
  • Yields best with timely planting but still performs well in medium to late planting scenarios
  • May be grown in all maize producing environments

Mama MQ623

Hybrid Advantages

  • Quality Protein Maize Hybrid with improved grain protein quality for better nutrition
  • Double cobbing flexibility for consistent yield even in droughty conditions
  • Multi-purpose hybrid for family food consumption or feed for poultry and pigs.

Hybrid Qualities

Hybrid Management Pointers

  • Ideally establish a plant population of 36 000 to 45 000 plants/ha
  • May show mild susceptibility to Maize Streak Virus if leaf hopper vector not controlled
  • Responds well to Nitrogen fertiliser top dressing to ensure yield and protein quality

Complimentary Crops

Mukushi Seeds also sells seed of complementary crops, namely:-
Sugar Beans (Nua45 and Sweet Violet),
Groundnuts (early maturing Ilanda),
Nyimo Beans (Mana),
Cowpeas (CBC2),
White Sorghum (SV2) and Pearl Millet (PMV3). “Mukushi Mulch Mix” is available for producing mulch or cover crops for conservation farming.

NOTES ON HYBRID QUALITIES

Leaf and Cob Diseases: Resistance levels are indicated for common diseases in Zimbabwe, namely, Grey Leaf Spot, Maize Streak Virus and Northern Corn Leaf Blight on leaves, and Diplodia ear rot, at time of publication. Disease reaction may be influenced by crop rotation, crop management and seasonal weather conditions.
Drought tolerance indications are based on field experience of moderate drought occurrence. Actual crop yield will depend on timing and severity of drought, and crop management practices.
Plant and grain yield indicators are dependent on seasonal characteristics and crop management.
Maturity refers to Physiological Maturity (black layer formation). Harvest maturity will depend on rate of dry down. Days to flowering and maturity will depend on altitude and temperature. Lower altitude or higher temperatures will hasten development and vice versa.