Gema

Maize for a prized performance!

  • Maturity: Very Early
  • Site Type: Favourable & Less Favourable
  • Sowing Type: Open

For superb yields from an ultra-early harvest!

Agronomically strong for an ultra-early maturing variety, Gema delivers reliable results in a short growing season. 

Gema has good early vigour and develops into a tall plant with good standing power that looks impressive in the field. 

With excellent Eyespot tolerance, Gema is ideal for growing in marginal locations or in a short season rotation that allows early winter wheat entry. 

Strengths

  • Ultra early

  • High starch yield

  • Good Eyespot tolerance

Technical Information

Agronomic Data

FAO*140
DM Yield (t/Ha)17.7
Early Vigour (1-9)6.7
Standing Power (1-9)7.4
Leaf Senescence (1-9)6.3

Quality Data

ME Content (MJ/Kg DM)11.7
ME Yield (MJ/Ha atharvest)207,490
Starch Content (% at harvest)36.8
Starch Yield (t/Ha)6.5
Cell Wall Digestibility (%)58.0
Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England

Gema

Maize for a prized performance!

For superb yields from an ultra-early harvest!

Agronomically strong for an ultra-early maturing variety, Gema delivers reliable results in a short growing season. 

Gema has good early vigour and develops into a tall plant with good standing power that looks impressive in the field. 

With excellent Eyespot tolerance, Gema is ideal for growing in marginal locations or in a short season rotation that allows early winter wheat entry. 

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Key strengths

  • Ultra early

  • High starch yield

  • Good Eyespot tolerance

Technical Information

Agronomic Data

See table below for technical information on Gema. Full data available in the Maize Variety Selection Guide

FAO*140
DM Yield (t/Ha)17.7
Early Vigour (1-9)6.7
Standing Power (1-9)7.4
Leaf Senescence (1-9)6.3

Data taken from the BSPB/NIAB First Choice Favourable List 2024. On the 1-9 figures (e.g. Early Vigour), high figures indicate strength in this character. Features marked with * are based on Limagrain estimates.

Quality Data

ME Content (MJ/Kg DM)11.7
ME Yield (MJ/Ha atharvest)207,490
Starch Content (% at harvest)36.8
Starch Yield (t/Ha)6.5
Cell Wall Digestibility (%)58.0

Data taken from the BSPB/NIAB First Choice Favourable List 2024. On the 1-9 figures (e.g. Early Vigour), high figures indicate strength in this character. 

What Our Experts Say

Jonathan Evans, third generation dairy farmer, Pembrokeshire - Gema maize grower
“On average, we yielded at 42t/ha with the Gema yielding highest at 44t/ha. The analysis has been good at 33.2% dry matter, 32% starch, 83.7% starch degradability and 11.4MJ ME. We started feeding the day after harvest and began to see improvements immediately.”
Jonathan Evans, third generation dairy farmer, Pembrokeshire, c/o Wynnstay
“Gema is an ultra-early maturing variety (FAO 150) with a shorter growing season and good early vigour, making it ideal for a short season rotation. It delivers high dry matter yields and is capable of producing a high starch forage"
Lawrence Cozens, Wynnstay Agronomist
Gema-Maize
“One of the stand-out varieties for early vigour and rapid establishment under difficult conditions has been LG Gema. In a shortened growing season high-performing, very early varieties such as Gema really come into their own.”
Simon Pope, Wynnstay

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