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Kaveri 3122 Maize Hybrid

GK 3122 is a dual-purpose maize hybrid marketed by Ganga Kaveri Seeds Pvt Ltd, India. The hybrid is positioned for both green-cob (corn) markets and full-duration grain crops, with very long cobs of orange grain on robust ~12-foot plants that resist lodging.

Key characteristics

  • Marketer: Ganga Kaveri Seeds Pvt Ltd
  • Release Year: 2012 (AICRP-Maize, OUAT Central Farm)
  • Type: dual-purpose (green-cob and grain) single-cross hybrid
  • Disease Rating: highly resistant to downy mildew; fairly resistant to leaf blight, rust, stalk borer
  • Spacing: 50x25 cm (high altitude); 60x30 cm (mid/low altitude)

Adoption and use

It is rated highly resistant to downy mildew and fairly resistant to leaf blight, rust and stalk borers, and was released through AICRP on Maize trials at Central Farm, OUAT (Odisha) in 2012. Recommended spacing: 50x25 cm in high-altitude and 60x30 cm in mid-low altitude zones.

See also: Maize Crop Overview, Rabi Yaasangi Maize, Fall Armyworm Maize, Hybrid Maize Variety Pioneer 3302, Hybrid Maize Variety Bayer Dekalb, Hybrid Maize Variety Syngenta Nk.

References

  1. Ganga Kaveri Seeds - Hybrid Maize GK-3122. https://www.facebook.com/gkseed/photos/a.116296053809090/148345050604190/