VARIETY INFORMATION


Name of variety CSIR-Kpari-faako
Commodity Maize
National Code GH/Zm/026/15
Origin/Source CSIR-SARI/ IITA
Applicant CSIR- Savanna Agricultural Research Institute
Preferred Ecology Guinea savannah, Sudan savannah, Forestsavannah transition and Forest
Pedigree/Line M0926-8
Year of release 2015
Year of registry 2015
Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability

Days to 50% Anthesis: 58;

Days to 50% silking: 60;

Days to physiological maturity: 110 days; 

Silk colour: Cream; 

Plant height: 198 cm; 

Ear height: 98 cm; 

Tassel colour: Light purple; 

Tassel shape: Open and alternate; 

Grain colour: White; 

Grain type: Flint-Dent

Value for cultivation and use Potential yield: 6.7 t/ha; Medium maturity, drought/ striga tolerant; tolerant to lodging, tolerant to rust, blight, streak and curvularia; Ash: 1.9 %; Fat: 3.2 %; Protein: 11.9%; Carbohydrate: 69.4%

BREEDERS

Name
A. Haruna
A. Haruna
M.S. Abdulai
G. B. Adu
CSIR-SARI
K. Obeng-Antwi
Manfred Ewool
CSIR-CRI

PHOTOS


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