ВНІС·Cereals
Tor
Tor — a mid-early single-cross maize hybrid, FAO 280, from VNIS for grain and silage; the maker states cold tolerance, fast early growth and elevated starch content.
Main advantages
- FAO 280 — mid-early hybrid
- High cold tolerance — maker's data
- Elevated starch content — maker's data
- Yield 10.9 t/ha — average over trial years
- Lodging resistance 9/9 — maker's score
Overview
About this product
Tor is a mid-early single-cross maize hybrid, FAO 280, with flint-dent kernels, for grain and silage. The maker notes high cold tolerance, a fast growth rate at the start of the growing season and elevated starch content.
Average yield over the trial years is 10.9 t/ha, potential 15.8 t/ha. Plant height is 260 cm, ear height 105 cm, with 16 rows of 35–40 kernels per ear.
Recommended stand density before harvest is 80–95 thousand plants/ha with sufficient moisture, 70–85 thousand with moderate moisture and 60–75 thousand with insufficient moisture.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | ВНІС |
|---|---|
| Type | single-cross |
| Grain type | flint-dent |
| FAO number | 280 |
| Maturity | Medium Early |
| Registered zones | Forest-Steppe |
| Use | grain, silage |
| Drought tolerance | 8/9 (maker's score) |
| Yield | average over trial years 10.9 t/ha; potential 15.8 t/ha |
| Lodging resistance | 9/9 (maker's score) |
| Early vigour | fast growth rate at the start of the growing season |
| Plant height | 260 cm |
| Disease resistance | Helminthosporium leaf blight 7/9; fusarium 8/9; boil smut 8/9 (maker's score) |
| Plant density, good moisture | 80–95 thousand plants/ha |
| Plant density, unstable moisture | 70–85 thousand plants/ha |
| Plant density, low moisture | 60–75 thousand plants/ha |
| Other facts | Cold tolerance: high (per the maker's description); Starch content: elevated; Ear height: 105 cm; Kernel rows: 16; Kernels per row: 35–40 |
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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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