Pioneer·Cereals
P85137 AQ
P85137 AQ is a mid-early dent maize hybrid from Pioneer, FAO 270, for grain, starch, alcohol and silage, with dry-down and drought tolerance rated excellent by the maker.
Main advantages
- Dry-down — excellent, by the maker's score
- Drought tolerance — excellent, by the maker's score
- Suitable for continuous maize — excellent, per the maker
- Minimum tillage — suitable, per the maker
- Avoid late harvest — maker's advice
Overview
About this product
A mid-early single-cross maize hybrid with dent grain, FAO 270, for grain, starch, alcohol and silage. The maker rates dry-down and drought tolerance as excellent, and smut resistance at 6 out of 9.
The maker also rates its suitability for continuous maize as excellent, and minimum tillage suits it. It can be sown at early, optimal and late dates, and late harvest is best avoided.
Recommended plant density at harvest: 65–70 thousand plants/ha with sufficient moisture and 60–65 thousand with insufficient moisture.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | Pioneer |
|---|---|
| Type | single-cross hybrid |
| Grain type | dent |
| FAO number | 270 |
| Maturity | Medium Early |
| Use | grain, starch, alcohol, silage |
| Drought tolerance | excellent |
| Sowing time | early: recommended; optimal: recommended; late: recommended |
| Dry-down | dry-down excellent |
| Early vigour | good early vigour (maker's data) |
| Disease resistance | smut resistance 6/9 |
| Tillage | minimum tillage: yes |
| Monoculture | excellent |
| Plant density, good moisture | 65–70 thousand plants/ha (plant density at harvest) |
| Plant density, low moisture | 60–65 thousand plants/ha (plant density at harvest) |
| Other facts | Suitability for late harvest: no; Maker's recommendation: avoid late harvest; apply post-emergence herbicides only according to the crop's growth stages; Plant: tall, with high ear placement (maker's data) |
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Questions & answers
What farmers ask most
- Optimal sowing depends on crop, zone, and seasonal weather. Winter wheat in the Forest-Steppe: Sep 10–25. Corn: when soil is stable at +10°C at 10 cm depth. See the 12-month sowing calendar on the adam.ua blog.
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