Dodzi

NATIONAL CATALOGUE OF CROP VARIETIES 2019

Dodzi

Commodity: Maize

Basic Information
Name of variety Dodzi
Commodity Maize
National Code GH/Zm/006/15
Origin/Source CSIR-CRI/ IITA
Applicant CSIR-Crops Research Institute
Cultivation Details
Preferred Ecology Guinea and Sudan Savannah
Pedigree/Line OPV
Year of release 1997
Year of registry 2015
Variety Traits
Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability

Type of variety: open pollinated; 

Maturity: 85 days; 

Potential yield: 3.3 t/ha; 

Seed colour: white; 

Days to 50% silk: 48; 

Plant height (cm): 150; 

Ear height: 68; 

Tassel colour: cream purple; 

Tassel arrangement: open and alternate; 

Silk colour: cream purple; 

Stem colour: green with purple shade;

Cob length (cm): 14.1;

Cob diameter (cm): 4.1; 

Kernel depth (cm): 1.1; 

Kernel arrangement: straight; 

Kernel type: Flint/dent

Value for Cultivation and Use

Useful to break hunger gap before main harvest

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