USM Var 10 Corn (USM 10): Characteristics
USM Var 10 corn is a glutinous open pollinated corn variety, also sold or known as USM 10 or USM Variety 10. The Philippine Seed Board approved it in 1993. It comes from University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan.
If you came here looking for USM 10 or USM Variety 10, 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.
- Type: Glutinous open pollinated.
Key facts about USM Var 10 corn
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Registration | PSB Cn 93 to 27 |
| Year approved | 1993 |
| Seller | University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan |
| Also known as | USM 10, USM Variety 10 |
| Type | Glutinous open pollinated |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
No day count or trial yield is published for this variety. So ask the seller or your municipal agriculturist for figures from farms near you before you plan a season around it.
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 its seller and farm sources say
- Where: Marginal uplands, used in Mindanao, the Visayas and Isabela.
- Bred from CIMMYT Pop 20.
- The most stable and highest yielding OPV in marginal upland trials, though below commercial hybrids.
Why farmers know it: Bohol's provincial government bought 750 sacks for its corn farmers in 2018, earlier seed went to about 2,000 upland farmers. 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 USM Var 10 corn
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.
Start freeCorn varieties like this one
These are the closest matches among the corn varieties we list. So if seed of this one is hard to find, compare these first.
- IES Cn4: 92 to 96 days, 5.36 t/ha, 1995
- Lagkitan
- Cn 96 68 USM Var 12: 101 to 110 days, 5.15 t/ha, 1996
- IES Glut 6: about 98 days, 5.31 t/ha, 2005
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