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Sweet sorghum cultivar options

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Title Sweet sorghum cultivar options
 
Creator Rao, S S
Umakanth, A V
Patil , J V
Reddy, B V S
Ashok Kumar, A
Ravinder Reddy, Ch
Srinivasa Rao, P
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Sweet sorghum can be grown under dryland conditions with annual rainfall
ranging from 550-750 mm. The best areas to produce this crop are Central
and South India, subtropical areas of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. It can
be grown on well-drained soils such as silt loam or sandy silt clay loam soils
with a depth of 0.75 m. Atmospheric temperatures suitable for sweet sorghum
growth vary between 15 and 37°C. Sorghum being a C4 species is adapted to
a wide range of environments with latitudes ranging from 40oN to 40oS of the
equator. Sorghum in general has relatively a deep root system (>1.5 m), and
has the unique feature of being ‘dormant’ under unfavorable conditions and
resume growth once environmental conditions are favorable
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2013
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7370/1/ChapII_Sweetsorghum_23-37_2013.pdf
Rao, S S and Umakanth, A V and Patil , J V and Reddy, B V S and Ashok Kumar, A and Ravinder Reddy, Ch and Srinivasa Rao, P (2013) Sweet sorghum cultivar options. In: Developing a Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Value Chain. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 23-37. ISBN 978-92-9066-555-7