scholarly journals Sorghum Grain and Stover Nutrient Concentrations as Influenced by Tillage and Soil Amendment in Semi-Arid Burkina Faso

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-125
Author(s):  
Palé Siébou ◽  
Taonda Sibiri Jean-Baptiste ◽  
Mason Stephen C. ◽  
Sermé Idriss ◽  
Sohoro Adama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Genetic Enhancement ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Dietary Requirements ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Agroecological Zones ◽  
Stover Yield ◽  
Grain Crop ◽  
Sorghum Grain ◽  
Plant Nutrient Concentrations

Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) is a major grain crop in Burkina Faso. Two three-year experiments were conducted in the Sudanian and Sudano-Sahelian zones to determine how plant nutrient concentrations are affected by tillage methods (T) and soil amendments (SA). In both locations, T and SA had little effect on grain and stover nutrient concentrations with some cases of inconsistency across years. Some nutrient concentrations differed by year. The grain nutrient concentrations of N, P, Mg, S, Zn, and Fe were adequate for human nutrition at both locations, but deficient for K, Ca, Mn and Cu. Sorghum nutrient concentrations for feeding cattle were adequate for K, Ca, Mg, S, Mn, and Zn in most cases at both locations but low for N, P, and Cu. The stover N and P concentrations also appeared to be deficient for optimal plant growth. In both agroecological zones, nutrient applications or genetic enhancement to improve deficient nutrient concentrations, or use of diverse foodstuffs, or biofortified sorghum to provide deficient nutrients in human and cattle diets is needed to meet dietary requirements. In addition to grain and stover yield, studies need to evaluate grain nutrient and stover nutrient concentrations to meet human and cattle dietary requirements.

Influence of Composting Conditions on Plant Nutrient Concentrations in Manure Compost

2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1595-1604 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Egrinya Eneji ◽  
T. Honna ◽  
S. Yamamoto ◽  
T. Masuda
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Plant Nutrient ◽  
Manure Compost ◽  
Plant Nutrient Concentrations

Dual purpose barley as affected by date of sowing, varieties and stage of harvesting-A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magan Singh ◽  
Avinash Chauhan ◽  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
Deepa Joshi ◽  
Pooja Gupta Soni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Rabi Season ◽  
Sowing Time ◽  
Dual Purpose ◽  
Beer Industry ◽  
Cereal Grain ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Grain Crop

Barley is primarily a cereal grain crop grown in rabi season and widely used for food, fodder and in beer industry. Dual purpose barley provides quality fodder as well as grain. Cutting at early stage at about 50-55 days after sowing, provides good quality of fodder particularly in lean period (mid December to mid January) for feeding to the animals. After harvesting for fodder, the regenerated crop left for grain production without sacrificing the grain yield with similar management as grain crop. For dual purpose barley need to evaluate the cultivars, optimum sowing time and stage of harvesting is a critical issue for production of good quality fodder as well as grain. Hence in this review article it has been emphasized for production of quality fodder and grain as influenced by date of sowing, dual barley variety used as suitable cultivars, and appropriate stage of harvesting which had been revealed and cited by different scientists, workers and co-workers.

scholarly journals Heterosis Effects on Genetic Biofortification of Grain Iron and Zinc in Pearl Millet (Pennisetumglacum L.).

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Shobha Rani ◽  
G. Anil Kumar ◽  
K. Sravanti ◽  
C.V. Sameer Kumar ◽  
S. Maheswaramma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Agronomic Traits ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Genetic Enhancement ◽  
Content Ratio ◽  
Cost Effective Approach ◽  
Iron And Zinc ◽  
Grain Crop ◽  
Micronutrient Malnutrition ◽  
Breeding Efficiency

Pearl millet is traditionally a small grain crop, adapted to marginal environments. Micronutrient malnutrition arising from deficiency of one or more essential micronutrients. Crop biofortification is a sustainable and cost-effective approach to address micro nutrient malnutrition, especially in the developing world. It refers to the development of micronutrient-dense staple crops using conventional breeding practices. Availability of traits of concern in improved genetic background greatly enhances the breeding efficiency for the target trait combining with other desirable agronomic traits. The main objective of this study was to determine heterosis for Fe and Zn by using line x tester analysis. Low level of heterosis over mid-parent (MP) for grain Fe and Zn and no hybrid with significant heterosis over better-parent (BP) for Fe and Zn, suggested that there would be little opportunity, if any, to exploit heterosis for these traits. This would also mean that to breed high Fe and high Zn hybrids, these traits will have to breed into both parental lines of hybrids.Based on the results, it can be concluded that there are good prospects of genetic enhancement for grain Fe and Zn content ratio interm of hybrid development in pearl millet.

scholarly journals Biodiversity of sorghum

2018 ◽  
pp. 49-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Kovtunova ◽  
V. V. Kovtunov
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Genetic Material ◽  
Economically Valuable Traits ◽  
Grain Crop ◽  
Sorghum Breeding ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
Sorghum Grain ◽  
Economic Use

On the basis of economic use there are three main types of sorghum: grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench), sweet sor­ghum (Sorghum sahharatum (L.) Pers.) and grass (Sudan) sorghum (Sorghum sudanense (Piper.) Stapf). There are various directions in the breeding work with grain, sweet and grass sorghum. However, the main breeding task of any grain crop is to create highly pro­ductive varieties and hybrids with high quality of products. This implies the involvement of new initial material with the necessary quali­ties in the breeding process. To solve this problem, a rich genetic material is of great need, which will be used in hybridization. The pur­pose of the work is to identify the main directions and results of sorghum breeding, to study biological diversity within the varieties according to individual indicators and to identify the sources of valuable traits. A large number of the identified sources of economically valuable traits, which are annually involved in hybridization with productive varieties gives evidence of the biological diversity and rich genetic material. The fulfilled work resulted in a number of developed varieties that meet the requirements of agricultural production.

scholarly journals Influence of Bacteria Isolated from Different Ecological Zone of Turkey on Maize Growth and Nutrient Uptake

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (sp2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Amer Abdulhadi Jawad ◽  
Ali Coşkan
Keyword(s):  
Forest Soil ◽  
Nutrient Uptake ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Ecological Zone ◽  
Total N ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Nutrients Uptake ◽  
Plant Nutrient Concentrations

The aim of this study was to find potential PGPR from sub-forest soil located different region soils of Turkey. Previous research indicated that the existing bacteria in arable soil are not capable to represent their individual performance most probably due to the competition. To overcome this phenomenon, soils are collected from sub-forest soil of Adana (Ad), Antalya (An), Hatay (Ha), Isparta (Is), Ordu (Or) and Sivas (Si) provinces. Experiment was carried out on the soil existing in Isparta in a greenhouse condition. Four fast growing bacteria colonies in tryptic soy (CASO) agar medium from each province were isolated and then, each isolate cultivated at liquid CASO broth until they reach 106 cfu ml-1. Experiments were carried out with a total of 24 bacteria including 6 province and 4 bacteria cultures from each region. The effects of those bacteria on biomass development and nutrient uptake of maize (Zea mays) were investigated. Sterile broth was applied treatment defined as control. The results revealed that 23 isolates out of 24 stimulated plants shoot dry weight. The highest value observed in the Or1 and Is4 isolates as 12.8 and 12.7 g plant-1 which around 77% higher than control whereas the lowest was in Or2 as 6.45 g plant-1. Plant nutrient concentrations were also influenced from inoculates where An1, Ad1, Or1, Is1 and Is3 significantly increased macro nutrients uptake where total N, available P, K, Ca and Mg were higher by 19%, 14%, 14%, 59% and 41% over the control, respectively. The Fe concentration was found 48% higher in Ad3 isolate. The Cu, Mn and Zn were the highest in Si3 as 43%, 30% and 31%, respectively. In general 4 out of 24 isolates were selected as promising PGPR for both plant development and nutrient uptake of maize.

scholarly journals SORGHUM GRAIN AND STOVER NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS AS INFLUENCED BY TILLAGE, CROPPING SYSTEM AND SOIL AMENDMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 184-198
Author(s):  
ALE Siébou ◽  
MASON Stephen C. ◽  
TAONDA Sibiri Jean-Baptiste ◽  
SERME Idriss ◽  
SOHORO Adama
Keyword(s):  
Soil Amendment ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Sorghum Grain
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