Hybrid maize variety NK6275: Both seed collection and biomass collection are excellent

On June 21, in Quang Kim commune (Bat Xat, Lao Cai), Syngenta Vietnam Co., Ltd (Syngenta Vietnam) held an event to introduce the F1 NK6275 single hybrid maize variety with farmers growing maize in the highlands of Laos. Quit. 

Maize is an important crop for Vietnam in general and the northern midland and mountainous provinces, including Lao Cai in particular, because it is both a staple food crop and a commodity crop that brings income. significantly and contribute to poverty alleviation.

However, every year, Vietnam still has to spend a huge amount of foreign currency to import about 10 million tons of corn kernels. 

Recently, in a dialogue with farmers in Son La, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan directed to further promote domestic maize production to reduce dependence on maize. into import. 

Currently, maize growers in Vietnam are mostly smallholder farmers, with limited farming skills and application of science and technology, especially inexperience in seed selection, while this is a very important stage. important to increase productivity and product quality. 

Therefore, as a leading enterprise in the seed industry, Syngenta Vietnam has experimented to continue to introduce new maize varieties with high yield, good resistance to pests and diseases and adapted to variety of weather conditions, climates, and soils, including the F1 single hybrid maize NK6275 .

"Currently, Vietnam's maize has a set of varieties with yield and quality equal to that of advanced corn-producing countries in the world. One of those varieties is NK6275, which people have verified in people's fields. Quang Kim commune (Bat Xat district, Lao Cai)", said Mr. Nguyen Nhu Cuong, Director of the Department of Crop Production (MARD).

F1 single hybrid maize variety NK 6275 has been researched and introduced into Vietnam by Syngenta scientists since 2015, having undergone hundreds of large and small trials, overcoming thousands of hybrid combinations, NK6275 has proven its advantages. of an almost perfect variety of maize.

F1 single hybrid maize NK6275 has a growing period of the middle day group (about 110 - 125 days), can grow many crops in a year. With many outstanding advantages, F1 NK6275 single hybrid maize not only gives high biomass but also very high grain yield.

Mr. Tran Thanh Vu, General Director of Syngenta Vietnam Co., Ltd., said that the F1 NK6275 single hybrid maize variety is the result of a persistent research and testing process. This is the latest generation of normal maize hybrids bred and produced by Syngenta, officially recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and put into production on February 8, 2022.

Not only have preeminent features such as strong plants, big corn; high grain separation rate; outstanding productivity; Hardy plant, good resistance to falling, this maize variety can also adapt to many different weather and climate conditions, promising to bring high economic efficiency, helping farmers to cope with the needs of the market in the context of climate change. the current high price of corn".

With outstanding advantages, the F1 NK6275 single hybrid maize variety will give farmers a new option, promising high economic efficiency, helping them increase their income in the context of high corn prices. , and at the same time contribute to improving the yield and quality of domestic maize, reducing dependence on imported maize.

The F1 NK6275 single hybrid maize variety is currently distributed by Bac Giang Agricultural Materials Company at 400 agents across the country.