Saatbau·Cereals
Atlantico
Atlantico is a mid-early maize hybrid from Saatbau, FAO 250, with flint-dent kernels, for grain and silage; per the maker, it has very fast early growth and is adapted to different zones.
Main advantages
- Very fast early growth — maker's score
- Disease, lodging, drought — good resistance, per the maker
- Excellent grain quality — maker's score
- Early and optimal dates — sow from +7 °C soil
- Recommended 45–80 thousand/ha — varies with moisture
Overview
About this product
Atlantico — a mid-early maize hybrid, FAO 250, with flint-dent grain for use as grain and silage. The maker notes very fast early growth, excellent grain quality, adaptation to different soil and climate zones, and good resistance to disease, lodging and drought.
The ear has 12–16 rows of 34–38 kernels. It can be sown at early and optimal dates; late dates do not suit it.
The hybrid is not intended for late harvest and is moderately suited to continuous maize. The maker recommends 75–80 thousand/ha with sufficient moisture, 70–75 with unstable moisture and 45–50 with insufficient moisture.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | Saatbau |
|---|---|
| Grain type | flint-dent |
| FAO number | 250 |
| Maturity | Medium Early |
| Registered zones | Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia |
| Growing zones | all zones |
| Use | grain, silage |
| Drought tolerance | good drought resistance, per the maker |
| Sowing time | early +7–9 °C: yes; optimal +10–12 °C: yes; late 13+ °C: no |
| Lodging resistance | good lodging resistance, per the maker |
| Early vigour | very fast early growth, per the maker |
| Disease resistance | good disease resistance, per the maker; smut: 3 low (breeders' classification) |
| Monoculture | moderately suitable |
| Plant density, good moisture | 75–80 thousand/ha |
| Plant density, unstable moisture | 70–75 thousand/ha |
| Plant density, low moisture | 45–50 thousand/ha |
| Pack size | bag, 80,000 seeds |
| Other facts | Kernel rows per ear: 12–16; Kernels per row: 34–38; Late harvest: no; Mineral nutrition level: medium and high |
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- 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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