Seed Varieties

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Tobacco Board of Zambia Complex

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Production Guide
Web: www.stewardsglobe.com Increasing access of
smallholder farmers to
improved seed varieties
 Beans Maize
GV 635 Hybrid GV 638 Hybrid
Lyambai Lwangeni
Bush type, Medium sized seeds. Has a pinkish Three-way hybrid, drought tolerant, GLS and Three-way hybrid, drought and low nitrogen Three-way hybrid, drought tolerant, GLS and
flower and red mottled seed colour. Adopted to blight tolerant, low lodging tolerant, GLS and blight tolerant blight tolerant, low lodging
region III and II
Maturity days 125-135 days Maturity days 125-135 days
Planting (cm) 60x10 Planting (cm) 60x10 Target region I, II, III Target region I, II, III
Maturity days 80 – 85 days Maturity days 95-100 days Yield (kg/ha) 11000 kg/ha Yield (kg/ha) 10000 kg/ha
Seed Rate(kg/ha) 80kg/ha Seed Rate(kg/ha) 60kg/ha
Yield (kg/ha) 1500-2000 kg/ha Yield (kg/ha) 2000-2500 kg/ha
ZM 521 MMV 409

Beans Medium maturing, drought tolerant and can Early Maturing, drought resistant and does well
perform under low nitrogen in regions I and II
Lutembwe Namuseba
Early maturing. Medium sized seed. Can be Large seeded, white pea with long uniform
Planting (cm) 90x25 Planting (cm) 90-25
grown twice in one farming season. Adopted to pods. High yielding growth habit is determinant
region I and II Maturity days 120-130 days Maturity days 110-120 days
Seed Rate (kg/ha) 20kg/ha Seed Rate (kg/ha) 20kg/ha
Planting (cm) 70x15 Planting (cm) 75x15 Yield (kg/ha) 2000-2500 kg/ha Yield (kg/ha) 1500-2000 kg/ha
Maturity days 63-70 days Maturity days 60-90 days
Seed Rate(kg/ha) 12kg/ha Seed Rate(kg/ha) 12kg/ha
Yield (kg/ha) 700-900 kg/ha Yield (kg/ha) 1000-1500kg/ha Soybeans
Lukanga
Groundnuts
High yielding, intermediate variety, strong to shattering resistance. Must be planted
MGV 4 MGV 5 after good rains
Late Maturing with large pods. Red seed colour. Medium maturing, large pods. Brown seed
Does well in all the regions colour. Adopted to regions II and III Planting (cm) 50 X 3
Maturity days 90 – 150 days
Planting (cm) 70x10 Planting (cm) 70x10 Seed Rate (kg/ha) 100 kg/ha
Maturity days 141days Maturity days 111-140 days Yield Potential (kg/ha) 3000 kg/ha
Seed Rate(kg/ha) 80kg/ha Seed Rate(kg/ha) 80kg/ha
Yield (kg/ha) 1000-1500 kg/ha Yield (kg/ha) 1000-1500 kg/ha