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Influence of Maternal Season on Field Establishment of Sorghum Varieties Grown in Zimbabwe

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/9624/
http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24731
10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24731
 
Title Influence of Maternal Season on Field Establishment of Sorghum Varieties Grown in Zimbabwe
 
Creator Ngwenya, N
Manenji, B T
Madanzi, T
Kudita, S
Mahohoma, W
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Maternal season defined, as the prevailing environmental conditions during crop growth has been
known to influence not only grain yield but also seed quality. A laboratory and field experiment were
conducted in October 2014, to determine the influence of total rainfall and mean monthly
temperature on germination, vigor and emergence of sorghum seeds which were harvested from
three different seasons and were kept under controlled conditions. The laboratory experiment was
a 3 x 3 factorial experiment laid in completely randomized block design (CRD) replicated three
times. The first factor was variety (Macia, SDSL 89473 and Sima), the second factor was growing
season (2004/5, 2006/7, 2007/8). A field experiment was carried out to investigate the emergence
of seed materials used in the laboratory experiment. The experiment was a 3 x 3 x 3 factorial
treatment structure laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with the third factor
being sowing depth at 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0 cm. Seedling emergence was observed at 10 days after
sowing. In the laboratory experiment it was observed that there was no significant difference
(P>0.05) on the effects of season and variety on germination of seeds. However, there was
significant difference (P
 
Publisher Science Domain International
 
Date 2016-07-09
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9624/1/Influence.pdf
Ngwenya, N and Manenji, B T and Madanzi, T and Kudita, S and Mahohoma, W (2016) Influence of Maternal Season on Field Establishment of Sorghum Varieties Grown in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 11 (06). 01-09. ISSN 2320-7035