Favourable Sites
Less Favourable Sites
Maturity Class
8
8.0
Yield (% controls)
99
101
DM %
34.6%
33.7%
Starch
31%
32.2%
Source: NIAB National List trials 2005
Santiago (5)
Nescio (5)
Andante (7)
Blixxem (8)
Avenir (10)
15.9
15.5
15.2
14.7
NIAB UK Less Favourable Sites - Yield and ME for Blixxem
Early Vigour
Lodging
7
1.4%
Very Early
Good
Very Good
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Bred by Saaten Union, Surprise is a new early hybrid with high yield potential, very high forage quality and earliness similar to Lincoln. It is a tall, single cross silage type, bred for maritime regions of NW Europe. The cob development is very uniform with grain set to the top of the cob which is well covered by the wrapper leaf. Quality comes from combined good starch levels and very high fibre digestibility, enhanced by slow leaf dieback. This makes the variety suitable to both high and low maize diets. In three years of UK trials it has performed impressively showing consistency across both mainstream and marginal sites.
Variety
Relative DM Yield
DM%
ME
Predicted Earliness Class
Surprise
110
32.9
30.3
11.4
Bonaparte
105
34.1
34.9
11.3
Nescio
30.5
32.4
11.6
5
Andante
98
34.0
33.6
11.2
Tassilo
32.8
31.6
11.5
Lincoln
32.3
111
32.2
30.2
11.0
7/6
32.7
10.9
103
29.5
32.5
30.0
33.8
31.4
31.0
6
32.1
11.1
Vigour
% Lodging
% Brackling
6.3
0.2
0.0
6.8
1.8
0.7
Goldaphne
6.9
2.1
2.8
Santiago
6.1
7.2
0.3
0.1
7.3
7.6
3.5
7.0
1.0
Breeder
RAGT
Sowing:
Trials code
N/A
Sowing rate
45,000 seeds/ac
Maturity
Early NIAB 8
Pack size
45,000 seeds
Countries listed
F, DK, UK
Seed treatment fungicide
Thiram
Seed treatment insecticide
Mesurol
Agronomic Characteristics
Cob ripeness
Estab. vigour
Very good
Fibre digestibility
Lodging resistance
Plant 'D' value
Fusarium resistance
Stay Green
Smut resistance
Stability
Region & Site Suitability
Less Favourable
Favourable
Yield
101.0
100.0
33.2
8.4
Standing Power
8.1
31.7
DM Yield
DM % Cont.
Starch %
Early vigour
Standing power
Maturity Class 8
Hurrikan
33.3
8.5
Crescendo
97
33.5
33.7
8.3
7.9
Spartacus
100
34.5
8.6
Maturity Class 7
Vernal
31.9
7.5
8.2
Goldcob
32.6
31.3
Target
31.5
Technical Summary
MX103
50,000 seeds
Average
Most sites, especially marginal & less favourable areas
NIAB Harvest 2004 Results – Mean 5 Sites
Dry Matter Yield %
Dry Matter Yield t/ha
Dry Matter %
Cixxom
102
16.3
Avenir ( c )
15.7
39.3
Andante ( c )
16.0
34.3
Goldaphne ( c )
96
15.3
Santiago ( c )
107
17.0
30.7
15.6
35.1
16.2
Treasure
15.4
35.3
NIAB 2006 Descriptive List – First Choice Less Favourable Sites
Fabius
10.8
31.8
33.4
8.8
106
33.1
9.2
Mais Angevin
A5155
Early NIAB 7
NL, UK 2006 candidate
Very high
High yielding good maize growing areas where an early variety is required without a yield penalty.
NIAB Harvest 2004 Summary 6 Sites
Dry Matter Yield
Articat
17.5
Kingdom
95
35.6
Bonapart
16.9
33.9
DLF Own Trials Reaseheath Cheshire
Relative Dry Matter Yield
37.4
39.0
Justina
38.4
Blixxem (New) Surprise (New) Hurrikan Cixxom Articat
Contacts
Agricultural Seed:Tel:01386 791101Fax:01386 792216Email:forage@dlf.co.uk
