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Barkley maize seeds C1 FAO 250 50 thousand seeds

Barkley maize seeds are a medium-early single hybrid intended for grain and bioethanol production, with an FAO number of 250.

€246.52€308.15Halloween −20%
incl. VAT, plus shipping

Description

Barkley maize seeds - grain variety FAO 250 and bioethanol

Advantages of Barkley maize seeds:

  • New medium-early single hybrid with excellent grain yield potential.
  • Excellent adaptation to less fertile sites and stable yield under periodic water shortages.
  • Very high plant and cob health genetically protects yield potential and helps minimise the risk of mycotoxin occurrence in the grain.
  • High early vigour and rapid plant start provide less sensitivity of the variety to temperature drops in the early growing period.

Agronomic profile of Barkley maize:

  • Hybrid type: single,
  • Early vigour: high,
  • High tolerance to periodic water shortages,
  • Sites: suitable for all soil classes.

Disease resistance of Barkley maize:

  • Cob fusarium: very high,
  • Stem fusarium: very high,
  • Cob smut: high,
  • Stem smut: very high.

Yield structure scheme of Barkley maize:

  • Grain type: FLINT-DENT - number of grains per row - 30-32,
  • Cob type: FLEX - number of rows - 16-18,
  • Water release: Medium fast, thousand grain weight [g] - 310.

Morphological structure of Barkley maize:

  • Tall plants - 300 cm,
  • Medium-high cob placement - 130 cm,
  • High lodging resistance,
  • Strong "stay green".

Recommended plant density - Barkley maize:

  • Strong sites: 85-90 thousand plants/ha,
  • Weaker sites: 75-80 thousand plants/ha.

Uses of Barkley maize:

  • Grain,
  • Bioethanol.

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