Description:
Derived from a composite TZL COMP.1-W formed by crossing TZB-SR with 7 Striga resistant inbred lines, TZI 11, TZI 9, TZI 12, TZI 13, TZI 17, TZI 24, TZI 30. The composite has undergone 6 cycles of recurrent selection under artificial infestation with S. hermonithica at 2 locations in Nigeria.