White Single Cross Hybrid X900

  • Plant Specifications:
  • Medium maturity; harvesting can take place at 85 days for silage, and at 110 to 115 days for grain.
  • Average plant height: 4 meters.
  • Strong vegetative growth with a dark green color.
  • Thick and strong stalk.
  • Leaves remain green until harvest.

  • Grain Specifications:
  • Dent grains.
  • High-quality grains, completely free from ear rot.
  • Grains have a distinct white color.

  • Ear Specifications:
  • Excellent and tightly closed husk cover.
  • Uniform kernel rows.
  • Number of rows: 14 to 16 rows.
  • Number of kernels per row: 48 to 50.
  • Cob (rachis) diameter: Medium.
  • Cob (rachis) color: Red.
  • Very high shelling percentage.

  • Resistances:
  • High resistance to lodging.
  • High resistance to late wilt (stalk rot / wilt).
  • High resistance to downy mildew and powdery mildew diseases.

  • Special Features:
  • Yields a high grain harvest reaching up to 38 ardebs per feddan.
  • Dedicated for silage production with a yield reaching up to 40 tons per feddan.
  • Suitable for cultivation in the early, main, and Nili (late summer) planting seasons.
  • Prolificacy rate exceeds 60%.
  • Suitable for all governorates of Egypt.
  • Suitable for most Arab and African countries.
  • Suitable for mechanical harvesting.