?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F8024%2F&rft.title=Kharif+Sorghum+Germplasm+Collection+in+Karnataka+and+Adjoining+Areas&rft.creator=Prasada+Rao%2C+K+E&rft.creator=Gopal+Reddy%2C+V&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=An+assessment+of+the+present+world+collection+of+sorghum+maintained+at+ICRISAT+reveals+that+the+majority+of+the+germplam+constitute+either+experimental+accessions+which+are+generally+photo+insensitive+or+authentic+indigenous+races+from+tropical+countries+which+are+photosensitive.+Most+of+the+landraces+assembled+from+tropical+countries+including+India+behave+photoperiod+sentitive+when+grown+in+a+long+day+(rainy)+seson+at+Patancheru+(17+27'N+latitude)+indicating+the+lacking+of+early+insensitive+types+especially+from+India.+There+are+very+few+pockets+in+South+India+where+early+kharif+types+are+cultivated+among+which+Northern+Karnataka+and+its+adjoining+areas+are+very+important.+These+areas+were+not+adequately+collected+in+earlier+missions+and+their+valuble+germplasm+are+facing+severe+threat+from+hybrid+and+improved+sorghum+varieties.+More+landraces+from+this+region+may+provide+valuable+source+material+for+sorghum+improvement+programs+particularly+for+earliness+probable+resistance+to+drought+(several+areas+are+drought+prone).+They+may+also+possess+weathering+resistance+because+of+their+maturity+during+rainy+season&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1980&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F8024%2F1%2FRP-3841.pdf&rft.identifier=++Prasada+Rao%2C+K+E+and+Gopal+Reddy%2C+V++(1980)+Kharif+Sorghum+Germplasm+Collection+in+Karnataka+and+Adjoining+Areas.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++