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STYX
FORAGE STERILE BIOMASS HYBRID 
MONOCUTTING INDUSTRIAL USE
EARLY, 100-115 DAYS

BENEFITS

  • HIGH METHAN YIELD PERFORMANCE WITH GOOD MATURITY HARVEST (>7 000 M3/HA)
  • EARLY BIOMASS WITH HIGH GREEN MASS POTENTIAL
  • VERY TALL PLANT AND GOOD LODGING TOLERANCE

IDENTITY CARD

Yield components 
104,70% of average DM yield  (yield DM average = 18,50 T/Ha)
Source: 10 R&D Lidea European trials
Green mass yield = 53,90 T/Ha

MORPHOLOGICAL CRITERIA
Panicle: sterile
Height: very tall
Vegetative development: good Sum of temperatures (basis) 6°c:  1700°c
Texture: sterile

CULTURE TIPS

• Recommended density / environnement:
- Stressed: 180 to 200 thsd kernels / ha
- Favorable: 200 to 220 thsd kernels / ha
- Irrigated: 220 thsd kernels / ha
• Distance between row: 50 to 75 cm
• Seeding depth: 2 to 4 cm
• Soil temperature need: > 10-12°C

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