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Global sorghum Genetic enhancement processes at ICRISAT

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Title Global sorghum Genetic enhancement processes at ICRISAT
 
Creator Reddy, B V S
Rao, P
Deb, U K
Stenhouse, J W
Ramaiah, B
Ortiz, R
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description The global production of sorghum in 2003 is about 59 million t with an average productivity of 1.34
t ha-1 (FAO http://www.fao.org). Despite advances in breeding improved cultivars, productivity has
increased only marginally. Productivity recorded at research stations in African countries and in
India, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand in Asia was 3.5-4.0 t ha-1 in the rainy season. In China, it is
about 12 t ha-1 at research stations but only 0.8-2.5 t ha-1 in farmers’ fields. This productivity gap of
about 9-11 t ha-1 remains a challenge for agricultural scientists and extension specialists to bridge.
Several biotic and abiotic stresses account for this gap.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2004
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4826/1/Global%20sorghum%20enhancement%20processes%20at%20ICRISAT.pdf
Reddy, B V S and Rao, P and Deb, U K and Stenhouse, J W and Ramaiah, B and Ortiz, R (2004) Global sorghum Genetic enhancement processes at ICRISAT. In: Sorghum genetic enhancement: research process, dissemination and impacts. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 64-101.