Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Manjeet Singh, SK Singh, LK Gangwar, Pooran Chand and Mukesh Kumar

Abstract:
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum, is an often-cross pollinated crop with a chromosome number 2n=20. It belongs to the grass family Poaceae, subfamily Panicoidae, tribe Andropogonae, and the subtribe Sorghastrae. Sorghum being a short duration, drought and salt tolerant, well adaptive to arid regions is considered promising crop to overcome the fodder shortage in uncertain areas. The present investigation was carried out during Kharif season 2021 at Crop Research Centre of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut. Green fodder yield exhibited significant stable and positive correlation with leaf area, leaves per plant and plant height at genotypic and phenotypic level. These characters may be considered as important yield component in forage sorghum. Leaf stem ratio displayed high order of direct effect on green fodder yield per plant followed by leaves per plant, leaf area, stem girth and total soluble solids at phenotypic and genotypic level, which indicated that the contribution of individual attributes to fodder yield is of importance in planning a sound breeding programme for developing for high yielding varieties.