Table 1. International maize trials for lowland tropical ecologies, 2008/09.
                 
Trial Code Trial Name Trial Description  Maturity Grain Color Entries Reps Number of sets available Date ready for shipment
Experimental Variety Trials (EVT)
ILWV0901 EVT 12 Tropical late white Normal  variety trial Late White 12-15 3 40 March, 2009  
EVT 12 will include mostly synthetics formed from elite lines based on per-se and/or cross performance.
CIMMYT Hybrid Trials (CHT) 
ILWH0902 CHTTW Elite Tropical late white Normal and QPM hybrid trial Late White 50 3 50 March, 2009
ILYH0903 CHTTY Elite Tropical late yellow Normal and QPM hybrid trial Late Yellow 50 3 50 March, 2009
Design: All trials will be in alpha lattice design 
Plot size: Two 5-m rows spaced 75 cm apart .
 
Table 2. International maize trials for highland ecologies, 2008/09.
                 
Trial Code Trial Name Trial Description  Maturity Grain Color Entries Reps Number of sets available Date ready for shipment
CIMMYT Hybrid Trials (CHT) Normal endosperm
ILYH0951 CHTHLY Highland three way crosses hybrids late yellow Late Yellow 20 3 40 March, 2009
Design: All trials will be  done using alpha lattice design 
Plot size: Two 5-m rows spaced 75 cm apart .
CHTs will include single and three-way cross hybrids and occasionally top cross hybrids as well.