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Highland Maize Varieties

These varieties do well in high rainfall areas with well drained good soils where rainfall distribution lasts about 150-180 days and not less than 800mm in the season. The hybrids will do well in Kakamega, Transnzoia, Uasin Ngishu, Nandi, Kericho, Nakuru, Molo, Nyeri, Murang’a and all tea and pyrethrum areas.

 

VARIETY ALTITUDE MATURITY YIELD (90kg bags/ acre SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES
H614D 1500-2800 160-210 days 38 bags
  • Highlands variety
  • Sweet tasting variety
  • Has good density
  • Has long storage period
  • Semi flint
  • Resistant to GLS and Blight
H628 1500-2800 150-180 days 46 bags
  • Highland variety
  • Has heavy white grains
  • High yield, resistant to blight and GLS flint
H629 1500-2800 160-210 days 48 bags
  • Resistant to lodging
  • Has good husk cover
  • Good storage quality
  • Semi flint
  • Resistant to GLS and ear rot.
H9401 1500-2800 160-190 days 50 bags
  • High-yielder
  • Good storage qualities
  • Resistant to lodging, ear rot, rust, G.L.S, stem and leaf blight
  • Good for silage
H6210 1500-2800 160-210 days 50 bags
  • Resistant to lodging, ear rot, rust, G.L.S, stem and leaf blight
  • Semi flint
  • Good husk cover
H6213 1500-2800 160-210 days 52 bags
  • High-yielder
  • Excellent milling qualities
  • Resistant to lodging, ear rot, rust, G.L.S, stem and leaf blight.
H6218 1500-2800 160-210 days 56 bags
  • Blight tolerant
  • Good husk cover
  • Intermediate to dent kernels

 

 

Transitional zone maize varieties

VARIETY ALTITUDE
 MATURITY YIELD x90 KG/ACRE
 ATTRIBUTES
H520 800-1700 120-150 days 34 bags
  • Double cobbing variety
  • Very sweet tasting
  • Prolific semi dent
  • GLS and MSV tolerant
H624 800-1700 120 -130 days 34 bags
  • Double combing variety
  • Very sweet tasting
  • Semi flint prolific good husk cover GLS resistant
H6506 800-1700 110 -130 days 34 bags
  • The hybrid is short and resistant to lodging.
  • MLN Tolerant
  • Large Grains
  • GLS Tolerant
  • Drought tolerant

 

Medium Maturity (Altitude) varieties

Altitude range – 1000-1700 m above sea level

 

VARIETY ALTITUDE
 MATURITY YIELD x90 KG/ACRE
 ATTRIBUTES
H513 800-1700 110 -130 days 24 bags
  • Medium variety
  • Very sweet tasting
  • Good stand ability
H516 800-1700 120 -150 days 28 bags
  • Medium to highland variety
  • Very sweet tasting
  • Resistant to blight rust and lodging
H517 800-1700
120 -150 days
30 bags
  • Tolerant to foliar diseases and pests.
  • Has better husk cover, tolerant to cob rot and MSV.
  • Ideal for irrigation
H519 (New) 800-1700 120 -135 days 30 bags
  • It has good MSV (Maize Streak Virus) and GLS (Gray Leaf Spot)
  • Has good shelling percentage.
  • Has excellent grain quality and good husk cover.
H528 (Ua Kayongo)
 800-1700 120 -150 days 30 bags
  • Double-cobbing variety.
  • Very sweet tasting.
  • Tolerant to Striga weeds.

 

LOWLAND VARIETIES (Pwani Hybrids)

Recommended zones – Warm and humid lowlands with an altitude range of 0-1250m above sea level with 400 mm of rainfall arid and marginal areas with 200-500mm of rainfall and altitude range of 500-1000m above sea level. These Varieties fits bimodal rainfall pattern with about 650-800mm per season. Areas: - Coastal strip- Malindi, Mtwapa, Mombasa, South Coast and Lake Basin

 

VARIETY ALTITUDE
 MATURITY YIELD x90 KG/ACRE
 ATTRIBUTES
PH 1 1-1200 70 -100 days 20 bags
  • Early maturity
  • Lowland variety
  • Heat tolerant
  • Drought resistant
PH 4 1-1200 70 -100 days 24 bags
  • Lowland variety
  • Heat tolerant
  • Very sweet tasting

Dry Land Maize Varieties

Recommended zones – arid and marginal areas with 200-500mm of rainfall and altitude range of 500-1000m above sea level. Recommended for early to medium transitional zones and lowlands. Also does well in lowland’s of (west Pokot, Kerio Valley & Nyanza)

 

VARIETY ALTITUDE
 MATURITY YIELD x90 KG/ACRE
 ATTRIBUTES
DH01 800-1500 70 days 15 bags
  • Early and stay green
  • Tolerant to blight and rust
DH02 800-1500 70 -100 days 16 bags
  • Suitable for arid and semi-arid areas
  • Early tolerant to moisture stress and M.S.V
DH04 800-1500
75 -100 days
24 bags
  • Short drought tolerance
  • Good husk cover and stand-ability.
DH08(New) 800-1500 100 -120 days 28 bags
  • Semi-dent
  • Good stand ability
  • Tolerant to ear rots
H532 (New)
 800-1500 110 -130 days 30 bags
  • Large Grains
  • GLS Tolerant
  • Drought Tolerant

 

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