Saatbau·Cereals
Danubio
Danubio is a mid-early three-way cross maize hybrid from Saatbau, FAO 260, with flint-dent kernels, for grain, grits and silage; its 1000-kernel weight is 320–400 g and starch content 73.3%.
Main advantages
- Starch 73.3% — high content, per the maker
- Good stress and drought resistance — per the maker
- Very high yield potential — maker's score
- Early and optimal dates — sow from +7 °C soil
- Seeding rate 65,000–80,000 seeds/ha — varies with moisture
Overview
About this product
Danubio — a mid-early three-way cross maize hybrid, FAO 260, with flint-dent grain for use as grain, grits and silage. 1000-kernel weight is 320–400 g, starch content 73.3%, protein 9.9%. The ear has 14–16 rows of 34–40 kernels, 400–640 in all.
The maker describes the hybrid as powerful and balanced, of the intensive type, with a very high yield potential and good resistance to stress factors and drought. It can be sown at early and optimal dates.
The seeding rate is 75,000–80,000 seeds/ha with optimal moisture and 65,000–70,000 with insufficient moisture.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | Saatbau |
|---|---|
| Type | three-way cross |
| Grain type | flint-dent |
| FAO number | 260 |
| Maturity | Medium Early |
| Registered zones | Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia |
| Growing zones | all zones |
| Use | grain, grits, silage |
| Drought tolerance | good resistance to stress factors and drought, per the maker |
| Sowing time | early +7–9 °C: yes; optimal +10–12 °C: yes; late 13+ °C: no |
| Protein | 9.9% |
| Disease resistance | helminthosporium leaf blight: 7 high (AGES classification) |
| Monoculture | moderately suitable |
| Seeding rate | optimal moisture: 75,000–80,000 seeds/ha; insufficient moisture: 65,000–70,000 seeds/ha |
| Thousand-seed weight | 320–400 g |
| Pack size | pack, 80,000 seeds |
| Other facts | Kernel rows per ear: 14–16; Kernels per row: 34–40; Kernels per ear: 400–640; Starch content: 73.3%; Late harvest: no; Mineral nutrition level: medium and high |
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Questions & answers
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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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