2018 CIMMYT Product Announcement and Results of the Maize Regional On-Station Trials for Southern Africa for 2018

New and improved maize hybrids, developed by the CIMMYT Global Maize Program, are available for uptake by public and private sector partners, especially those interested in marketing or disseminating hybrid maize seed across Southern Africa and similar agro-ecological zones. Following a rigorous trialing and a stage-gate advancement process CIMMYT advanced a set of new elite maize hybrids in Southern Africa in 2018. Phenotypic data collected in Stage 4 trials for the selected hybrids as well as information about the trial sites are provided in this dataset. These trials were conducted through a network of partners, including NARES and private seed companies, in Southern Africa under various management and environmental conditions.