NUTRITIVE VALUE AND FODDER POTENTIAL OF DIFFERENT SWEET SORGHUM GENOTYPES UNDER MEDITERRANEAN CONDITIONS

Authors : Ilker INAL, Celal YUCEL, Derya YUCEL, Rustu HATIPOGLU

Pages : 1-7

Doi:10.17557/tjfc.943445

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Publication Date : 2021-06-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was conducted to determine biomass yields and feed quality parameters of 21 different sweet sorghums insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(L.); Mohlenbr.); genotypes grown as the second crop after wheat harvest under Cukurova conditions. Field experiments were conducted at the experimental fields of Dogankent-Adana location of Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute in randomized blocks design with 4 replications in the years 2016 and 2017 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(June-October);. According to the results of the variance analyses of tha data obtained from the experimenst, years, genotypes and year x genotype interactions had significant effects on investigated parameters. Averaged over two years, dry matter yield insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DMY);, days to 50% flowering, crude protein content, NDF, ADF, and RFV of the genotypes varied between 21.6 and 62.9 t ha-1, 55.0 and 99.1 days, 3.66 and 5.43%, 41.78 and 52.42%, 29.14 and 37.72%, and 111.3 and 148, respectively. It was determined that Ramada, Roma, Topper 76, UNL hybrid-3 and No91 genotypes were identified as late genotypes with DM yields of greater than 51 t ha-1; Ramada, Roma and Topper 76 genotypes had the first places in terms of quality and they were superior than the other standard cultivars and genotypes.
Keywords : Fodder yield, forage quality, genotype, sweet sorghum