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Genetic improvement of sorghum in the semi-arid tropics

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Title Genetic improvement of sorghum in the semi-arid tropics
 
Creator Reddy, B V S
Ashok Kumar, A
Sanjana Reddy, P
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] – a major cereal of the world after wheat,
rice, maize and barley, is a staple food for millions of the poorest and most foodinsecure
people in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) of Africa and Asia. Being a C4 species
with higher photosynthetic ability, and greater nitrogen and water-use effi ciency,
sorghum is genetically suited to hot and dry agro-ecologies where it is diffi cult to
grow other food crops. These are also the areas subjected to frequent droughts.
In many of these agro-ecologies, sorghum is truly a dual-purpose crop; both grain
and stover are highly valued products. In Africa, sorghum is predominantly grown
for food purposes, while in USA, Australia, China, etc, it is grown for livestock feed
and animal fodder purposes. Unlike in other parts of the world, sorghum is grown
both in rainy and postrainy seasons in India. While the rainy season sorghum grain
is used both for human consumption and livestock feed, postrainy season produce
is used primarily for human consumption in India. Thus sorghum is the key for the
sustenance of human and livestock populations in SAT areas of the world.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2008
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4396/1/Genetic_improvement_of_sorghum_in_the_semi-arid_tropics.pdf
Reddy, B V S and Ashok Kumar, A and Sanjana Reddy, P (2008) Genetic improvement of sorghum in the semi-arid tropics. In: Sorghum Improvement in the New Millennium. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 105-123. ISBN 978-92-9066-512-0