scientific name and origination ,distribution ,climate ,land preparation ,irrigation ,seed rate and spacing and yield and harvesting of the sorghum

1. Sorghum
• Submitted TO :-Simta Sharma
( assistant professor of Agriculture)
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Name :- Deen Dayal chaudhary
Class :-BSc. Agri.3rd sem.
Roll No.:- 1929150
Subject:- BSAG-301-19

2. Content :-
 Introduction
 nutritional value
 Distribution of sorghum
 Benefits of sorghum
 Use of sorghum
 Role of national economy
 Soil requirements &Climate requirements.
 Weed management.
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3. Introduction
 Commonly called as jowar, great millet camel crop
 Botanical name = Sorghum bicolor
 Family=Poaceae( grass )
 Sorghum is self-pollinating plant
 Hight of the plant 60 – 460 cm
 Sorghum seed is small and round
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4. Nutritional value
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5. Distribution of sorghum
• Sorghum is grown all parts of the world
• Except cool North east part of Europe.
• Sorghum belts in India receive 400-1000mm rainfall.
• In the World, Africa (Nigeria, Sudan) is the major continent
cultivates sorghum .
• North America, South America and Asian continents also grow sorghum.
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6. • Distribution of sorghum biomass in the world
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Total world production of Sorghum biomass by 20 top countries is
42,765,025 metric tonnes.

7. sorghum cultivation in India
• In India Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil
Nadu, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are the important sorghum growing states.
• In Punjab, Sorghum is an important fodder crop during kharif season.
• In India has six million hectares of land, use for cultivation of sorghum
• The production of sorghum in India is about 8.71 million tonnes.
• In Tamil Nadu it is cultivated in an area of 4.01 lakh hectare with a productivity of 612
kg /ha.
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8. Benefits of sorghum
• Sorghum is a nutrient-packed grain
• It's rich in vitamins and minerals
• The high dietary fiber content in jowar also helps improve digestion
• Jowar contains 8.45 milligrams of iron in every cup
• It contains B vitamins, which help the body build new tissues and
cells, as well as potassium and phosphorous.
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9. Used of sorghum
• Sorghum crop is known for multiple uses as food, feed, for large grazing animals
• Sorghum are the animal feed sector, alcohol distilleries, and starch industries.
• Also employed as pet feed for dogs, fish, etc.
• Used for manufacturing sorghum syrups and sorghum molasses.
• The grains are also used to produce biofuels across the world.
• Apart from the uses for humans, sorghum plants are also used as fodder for cattle.
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10. Role In National Economy
• Sorghum is a staple food and provides carbohydrates to the people in North Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
• It occupies 5.27 per cent of gross cultivated area.
• Sorghum grain is an important raw material for starch industry and also used as cattle
and poultry feed.
• This crop also has export potential.
• Sweet sorghum varieties have juicy stalk and can be utilized for jaggery and alcohol
production.
• From one hectare of sweet sorghum 33 kg of jaggery and 2100 littres of alcohol can be
obtained.
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11. Soils requirement
• Sorghum can be grown successfully on clay ,clay loam, or sandy loam soils.
• pH ranging from 5.5 to 8.5.
• Under good climatic conditions, sorghum does best on deep fertile soils.
• It is adapted to poor soils and can grow well on soils where many other crops
would fail.
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12. Climate requirement & temperature
• Sorghum is a warm season crop
• Withstands heat better than most other crops, but extremely high temperatures
may reduce grain yield.
• The crop is well suited to semi arid conditions.
• Average temperature for good growth 26-30oC
• If planted before soil temperatures reach 35oC.
• Sorghum is best adapted to areas having an average annual rainfall between 45 to
65 cm (17 to 25 inches).
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13. Weed management
• Keep the crop free from weeds about initial 35days
• Spray atrazine at 0.5kg/ha
• Striga is controlled by hand pulling
• Spray 2,4-D sodium salt 1kg/ha
• Two time inter cultivation with blade hoe
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