ВНІС·Vegetables
Larus F1
Larus F1 — a mid-season super-sweet single-cross sh-2 sweet maize hybrid from VNIS with a 78–80-day growing season, for the fresh market, freezing and canning.
Main advantages
- Sugar content 24% — maker's data
- Picked-ear storage life — longest, per the maker
- Main and late harvest — maker's recommendation
- Disease resistance 9/10 — maker's score
- Isolation of at least 300 m — maker's requirement
Overview
About this product
Larus F1 is a mid-season super-sweet sweet maize hybrid of the sh-2 type with yellow kernels and a sugar content of 24%. The maker writes that among its hybrids it has the highest sugar content and the longest storage life of the picked ear, and that it can be harvested at the main and late harvest times.
Ears are cylindrical, 23 cm long and 5 cm in diameter, with 16–18 kernel rows. The maker scores drought and heat tolerance, resistance to lodging and to diseases at 9 of 10.
Stand density before harvest is 60–65 thousand plants/ha with sufficient moisture, 55–60 thousand with moderate moisture and 50–55 thousand with insufficient moisture.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | ВНІС |
|---|---|
| Type | single-cross, sh-2 |
| Grain type | super-sweet, kernel colour yellow |
| Maturity | Medium |
| Growing period | 78–80 days |
| Registered zones | Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia |
| Use | fresh market, freezing, canning |
| Drought tolerance | 9/10 (maker's score) |
| Sugar content | 24% |
| Lodging resistance | 9/10 (maker's score) |
| Plant height | 170 cm |
| Disease resistance | Helminthosporium leaf blight 9/10; fusarium 9/10; boil smut 9/10 (maker's score) |
| Plant density, good moisture | 60–65 thousand plants/ha |
| Plant density, unstable moisture | 55–60 thousand plants/ha |
| Plant density, low moisture | 50–55 thousand plants/ha |
| Other facts | Heat tolerance: 9/10 (maker's score); Ear length: 23 cm; Ear diameter: 5 cm; Ear shape: cylindrical; Kernel rows: 16–18; Kernels per row: 50; Kernels per ear: 850; Average ears per plant: 1.7; Spatial isolation from grain and sweet maize (su-, se- types): at least 300 m |
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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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