P7647
Corn
Africa
Asia Pacific
Australasia
Europe
Latin America and Caribbean
North America
Relative Maturity: Early, FAO 190
Primary End Use: Forage, Biogas and Grain
P7647 has proven itself to be a dependable hybrid for favourable sites and the warmest less favourable sites. In favourable PACTS trials, P7647 has shown an 11% dry matter yield advantage over the Control hybrid.
P7647 is a tall, impressive stature hybrid that has demonstrated a very high silage dry matter yield potential in PACTS trials, along with a good starch content.
On favourable sites, it produced a dry matter yield 10% higher than the Control hybrid, with a 2.3% lower dry matter content. It has maintained a high starch content of 36.9% at this very high dry matter yield level.
On less favourable sites, P7647 has also given a dry matter yield 11% above the Control hybrid, with a dry matter content of 32.8%, which was 1.9% lower than the very early maturity Control hybrid, P7034.
Overall, over four years, P7647 has been tested in the open on 35 favourable locations in PACTS trials and on 35 less favourable locations. Under film, P7647 has been tested on ten locations over three years, and 14 locations over four years in PACTS grain trials. P7647 has produced high dry matter yields of a high dry matter content. It is an appropriate choice on favourable sites where good yield with a reasonable harvest date is sought. It could be an appropriate choice on the better less favourable sheltered sites.
In PACTS grain trials, over 8 sites and three years of testing, P7647 has shown promise for grain production. It has given an average grain yield 8% higher than the grain Control hybrid, P7326, with a grain moisture content 2.7% lower.
Performance highlights:
- Very high forage dry matter yields on favourable open sites
- Tall, impressive stature appearance
- High starch yields on open favourable sites
- Demonstrated suitability to warmer less favourable open sites
- Performs well on favourable and selected less favourable sites under film
- Produced a good balance of earliness and high dry matter yield when grown under film
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* Score on a 1- 9 scale where 9 = very resistant
** Assumes plant establishment losses of less than 5%
*** Film penetration varies with conditions and film. Trials conducted with Samco and Maizetech films