relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/7370/
title: Sweet sorghum cultivar options
creator: Rao, S S
creator: Umakanth, A V
creator: Patil , J V
creator: Reddy, B V S
creator: Ashok Kumar, A
creator: Ravinder Reddy, Ch
creator: 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
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/7370/1/ChapII_Sweetsorghum_23-37_2013.pdf
identifier:   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