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CoH 3: A NEW DOUBLE CROSS MAIZE HYBRID FOR TAMILNADU

Volume : 85
Issue: Oct-dec
Pages: 617 - 619
Published: July 01, 2023
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Abstract


UMH 10 is a medium duration (95-100 days) double cross maize hybrid suited for cultivation both under rainfed (Sep-Oct) and irrigated (June-July and Jan-Feb) situations: It has an yield potential of 8875 kg of grains and 19 tonnes of fodder per hectare. It is highly resistant to sorghum downy mildew disease and maize stem borer. It possess desirable attributes such as high starch (64.8%) and high protein (11.03%). Grains are bold, orange: yellow in colour and flint in texture. It was released as CoH 3 maize hybrid during 1996 to replace CoH 2 hybrid.

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617 - 619
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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COH 3 Maize hybrid High starch Coarse cereals
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