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ANJOU 209 Forage Maize

 The flexible variety - grain or quality Forage Maize

 

  • Grain or silage
  • Compact grain type
  • Early flowering
  • High yielding high quality silage
  • Our first choice variety - looks excellent in the field

 

Technical Summary

Breeder

Mais Angevin

Sowing:

Trials code

N/A

Sowing rate

45,000 seeds/ac

Maturity

Approx silage 6, grain 7

Pack size

50,000 seeds

Countries listed

F, DK, S, B

Seed treatment fungicide

Thiram

Seed treatment insecticide

Mesurol

Agronomic Characteristics

Agronomic Characteristics

Cob ripeness

Very good

Estab. vigour

Good

Fibre digestibility

Good

Lodging resistance

Very good

Plant 'D' value

Very good

Fusarium resistance

Very good

Stay Green

Good

Smut resistance

Good

Stability

Very good

Region & Site Suitability

  • Silage or Grain Maize.  Suitable for marginal grain growing conditions
  • More than 100,000 units grown in Europe since variety launch

 

 

DLF Forage Trials 2004

Variety

Lackham Dry
Matter
%

Lackham 
Relative Yield

Honiton

Dry
Matter
%

Honiton Relative Yield

Anjou 209

32.0

106

31.5

107

Goldaphne

31.3

102

32.7

90

Santiago

28.5

97

28.4

109

Vernal

32.4

99

32.6

104

Fabius

29.5

91

35.5

91

 


 

Anjou 209 Grain

NIAB Grain Maize Trials 2004  

Yield t/ha adjusted to 15% Moisture

Mean

Camb 04

Sussex 04

ANJOU 209

7.9

7.9

8.0

BALTIS

8.6

8.0

9.2

CRISSA

7.8

7.4

8.2

FURIOSO

6.9

7.0

6.7

MERIBEL

7.9

7.8

8.1

OHIO

7.5

8.0

7.1

REINALDO

7.2

7.3

7.1

SPEZI

6.6

7.4

5.7

Mean

7.55

7.60

7.51

LSD 5%

1.56

0.97

1.46

SE

0.66

0.41

0.68

 

Moisture content of Grain at Harvest (%)

Mean

Camb 04

Sussex 04

ANJOU 209

39.0

37.7

40.3

BALTIS

35.0

33.2

36.7

CRISSA

38.3

36.0

40.7

FURIOSO

35.8

34.7

36.8

MERIBEL

38.0

36.3

39.7

OHIO

36.2

34.1

38.2

REINALDO

37.7

34.1

41.4

SPEZI

37.6

35.6

39.5

Mean

37.19

35.22

39.16

LSD 5%

2.63

1.91

2.53

SE

1.11

0.81

1.18



 

 

2004 Farmers Union Trials Denmark - 5 Locations

Variety

Relative
Yield

DM %

Yield of
Starch
Index

Starch %
of DM

Anjou 209

103

31.9

103

28.3

Bonapart

96

31.9

99

26.8

Crescendo

91

32.9

92

26.9

Justina

102

30.1

94

25.1

Tassilo

98

31.5

90

25.5

 

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Contacts

Agricultural Seed:
Tel:01386 791101
Fax:01386 792216
Email:forage@dlf.co.uk