TY  - CHAP
N2  - 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
AV  - public
KW  - Sweet sorghum
KW  -  Cultivar options
A1  - Rao, S S
A1  - Umakanth, A V
A1  - Patil , J V
A1  - Reddy, B V S
A1  - Ashok Kumar, A
A1  - Ravinder Reddy, Ch
A1  - Srinivasa Rao, P
TI  - Sweet sorghum cultivar options
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/7370/
T2  - Developing a Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Value Chain
SP  - 23
Y1  - 2013///
ID  - icrisat7370
EP  - 37
SN  - 978-92-9066-555-7
PB  - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
CY  - Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
ER  -