Maharlika Corn (M315): Yield, Maturity and Characteristics
Maharlika corn is a yellow GM hybrid corn variety, also sold or known as M315 or Maharlika 315. It was registered with the National Seed Industry Council in 2025 as NSIC 2025 DR Cn 01. RJR Agro Industrial Enterprises bred it. It takes about 109 days from planting to the harvest of dry grain, with 7.6 tonnes per hectare on average in the trials.
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for M315 or Maharlika 315, this is the same corn. Its seller and farm sources add notes, listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our corn variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Pagtatanim ng mais, step by step.
- Days to harvest: about 109 days from planting to the harvest of dry grain.
- Yield: 7.6 tonnes per hectare on average in the trials.
- Plant height: about 235.2 cm.
- Recommended for: Mindanao.
- Type: Yellow GM hybrid.
Key facts about Maharlika corn
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Registration | NSIC 2025 DR Cn 01 |
| Year approved | 2025 |
| Breeder or owner | RJR Agro Industrial Enterprises |
| Also known as | M315, Maharlika 315, RJR Maharlika 315, Maharlika M315 |
| Type | Yellow GM hybrid |
| Days to harvest | about 109 days |
| Average yield | 7.6 t/ha |
| Plant height | 235.2 cm |
| Recommended area | Mindanao |
| Ear length (cm) | WS= 12.4 and DS=11.54 |
| Shelling recovery (percent) | WS 75.02 percent and DS 76.27 percent |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
Maharlika corn takes about 109 days from planting to the harvest of dry grain. That is 3.8 days longer than the average of the 89 yellow GM hybrid corn varieties with a day count, 105.4 days. A shorter crop frees the field sooner and dodges more of the weather, while a longer one often fills more.
Its average yield of 7.6 t/ha trails the average of its group, 8.13. One tonne of shelled corn fills about 20 sacks of 50 kilograms. Trial yields come from well managed plots, so your own will depend on water, fertilizer, pests and timing. Its seller gives about 109 in national trials.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit corn fields most often: Asian corn borer, banded leaf and sheath blight, Corn downy mildew, Corn ear rot, Corn earworm. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What the grain is like
Its ear length in the trials: WS= 12.4 and DS=11.54. The shelling recovery was WS 75.02 percent and DS 76.27 percent, the share of the ear weight that comes off as grain. A higher share means more grain from every sack of ears.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Yield: National trials averaged 7.87 t/ha (wet season) and 7.33 (dry season) in Mindanao.
- Traits in the seed: Registry says lab tests found the NK603 (glyphosate tolerance) and MON810 (corn borer protection) events, picked up through cross pollination with GM corn.
- Season: Wet and dry.
- Where: Mindanao.
- Short ear (about 12 cm).
- Shelling about 75 to 76 percent in national trials.
Why farmers know it: RJR's yellow entry in the 2023 corn derbies in Bukidnon. Check these against what farmers near you have seen, because the same variety can do differently from one town to the next.
Where and when to plant Maharlika corn
It is recommended for Mindanao. Start with the color your buyer pays for: yellow corn goes to feed mills, while white and glutinous corn go to the table. Next, pick between a hybrid, which yields more but needs new seed every season, and an open pollinated variety, whose seed you can save. Then match the island group in its recommendation, because trials in Luzon and Mindanao give different winners. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Land preparation for corn.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
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