Medium
A50 Grain Sorghum Hybrid
Tough and reliable with a great trait package.
A50 is a robust hybrid best suited to dryland environments, with toughness to support reliable yield in marginal conditions and top end yield potential in high rainfall conditions.
With an excellent trait and agronomic package, A50 is well adapted to early, main season and late planting windows with its medium flowering maturity and quick drydown.
An 8+ midge resistance score and excellent pollen production protects the grain on the primary head and any tillers while excellent stalk and root strength keeps the plant upright and ready for harvest.
Phenology trials have demonstrated that A50 will flower later than A66 but quicker than A90, A88 and A14 on a spring or summer plant. The low staygreen of A50 helps grain moisture drop quickly coming into harvest, meaning it will be ready to harvest with hybrids that are quicker to flower.
A50 will dry down quickly prior to desiccation and then once desiccated will continue to dry down rapidly. This trait makes it a good option to plant with a hybrid like A14 to spread a harvest window as A14 will dry down slower, or with A66 to spread flowering risk but have both hybrids ready to harvest at a similar time.
A50
KEY FEATURES
- Favourable early vigour sets up robust above and below ground biomass, preparing the plant for all conditions.
- Superior tolerance to drought lodging with exceptional rooting depth.
- Very good grain size supported by a very high midge rating*.
- Fast dry down brings the primary head and tillers into maturity together ready for a seamless harvest.
TRAIT RATINGS
Head Exertion
Height Uniformity
Stalk Lodging Charcoal*
Stalk Lodging Drought*
Harvest Grain Dry Down
Tillering
Grain Size
Early Seedling Vigour
Pollen Score
RATING: 1 = poor 9 = excellent
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