Saatbau·Cereals
Cosmino
Cosmino is a single-cross maize hybrid from Saatbau, FAO 290, with flint-dent grain, a 1000-kernel weight of 360–400 g and 73.4% starch; per the maker, it has splendid resistance to lodging and stalk breakage.
Main advantages
- Lodging, stalk breakage — splendid resistance, per the maker
- Fast dry-down — maker's score
- Starch 73.4% — maker's data
- Resistance to dry conditions — per the maker
- Seeding rate 65,000–80,000 seeds/ha — varies with moisture
Overview
About this product
Cosmino — a single-cross maize hybrid, FAO 290, with flint-dent grain. 1000-kernel weight is 360–400 g, starch content 73.4%, protein 9.1%. The ear has 16–18 rows of 34–40 kernels, 460–620 in all.
The maker notes splendid resistance to lodging and stalk breakage, resistance to dry conditions, high adaptability, tall, powerful, healthy plants, excellent ear fill and fast dry-down. The seeding rate is 75,000–80,000 seeds/ha with optimal moisture and 65,000–70,000 with insufficient moisture.
The seed is packed in bags of 80,000 seeds.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | Saatbau |
|---|---|
| Type | single-cross |
| Grain type | flint-dent |
| FAO number | 290 |
| Registered zones | Forest-Steppe |
| Drought tolerance | resistance to dry conditions, per the maker |
| Protein | 9.1% |
| Lodging resistance | splendid resistance to lodging and stalk breakage, per the maker |
| Dry-down | fast dry-down |
| Seeding rate | optimal moisture: 75,000–80,000 seeds/ha; insufficient moisture: 65,000–70,000 seeds/ha |
| Thousand-seed weight | 360–400 g |
| Pack size | bag, 80,000 seeds |
| Other facts | Plants: tall, powerful and healthy; Ear fill: excellent; Adaptability: high; Kernel rows per ear: 16–18; Kernels per row: 34–40; Kernels per ear: 460–620; Starch content: 73.4% |
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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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