Olena DN FAO 440 corn seeds, Kharkiv region.

ДН ЕЛЕНА

Repairman

Resistant to lying down.

Universal use

Simple modified mid-late hybrid (FAO 440).

Promising, introduction into production is planned for 2018.

Direction of use -grain,silage.
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The plant is 260-280 cm tall.

The height of the cob attachment is 95-105 cm.

A cob is 24-25 cm long, the number of rows of grains is 16-18, grains in a row are 45-48, the stem is red.

Grain yield 84.6%.

Yellow grain, tooth-shaped.

Remontant type hybrid, universal direction of use, created for growing in rainy and irrigated conditions in the Steppe zone, resistant to lodging and brittleness of the stem, almost unaffected by major diseases.

Cultivation zone - Steppe. The pre-harvest density of plants in the Steppe is 40-45 thousand pcs./ha, on irrigation - 55-60. The maximum grain yield obtained on irrigated land at the Institute of Irrigation of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kherson) is 15.7 t/ha of grain.

The potential grain yield is 16.0-16.5 t/ha. Peculiarities of seed production. The seeds of the first generation at the hybridization sites are grown on a sterile basis according to the fertility restoration scheme. Recommended seeding patterns of parent components are 6:2 and 4:2. Parent components are sown at the same time.