Universal Journal of Plant Science Vol. 7(1), pp. 1 - 8
DOI: 10.13189/ujps.2019.070101
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Screening of Some Sudanese Sorghum Cultivars for Better Phosphorus Use Efficiency

Mona Habib Ali ^*, Yassin Mohmed Ibrahim Dagash , Sami Ali Mohamed Hamid
Department of Crops Science (Agronomy), Faculty of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan

ABSTRACT

The experiment was conducted during summer seasons (2014), in Demonstration Farm of the Collage of Agricultural Studies at Shambat, Sudan University of Science and Technology, in order to study the effect of phosphorus fertilizer on growth and productivity of five cultivars of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench)., and also to evaluate phosphorus use efficiency. The experiment was arranged in split plot trial with addition of phosphorus as main plot (with and without) and five sorghum cultivars (Butana, Tabat, Arfagadamak, Wad Ahmed, Tetron) as the sub-plot with four replications. Plant height(cm), number Leaves, Leaf area(cm²), Stem diameter plant fresh weight(kg), plant dry weight(kg), length of panicle(cm), weight of seeds panicle(g), weight of 100 seeds(g), number of panicle, yied/t/ha and phosphorus use efficiency, were measured. The results revealed that phosphorus affected yield and growth characters. Arfagadamak cultivar revealed the best use, therefore the highest productivity (12.75 tan/h), and Wadahmed showed the lowest use of phosphorus and therefore the lowest productivity (9.45 tan/h).

KEYWORDS
Phosphorus Use Efficiency, Screening, Productivity

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[1] Mona Habib Ali , Yassin Mohmed Ibrahim Dagash , Sami Ali Mohamed Hamid , "Screening of Some Sudanese Sorghum Cultivars for Better Phosphorus Use Efficiency," Universal Journal of Plant Science, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1 - 8, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/ujps.2019.070101.

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Mona Habib Ali , Yassin Mohmed Ibrahim Dagash , Sami Ali Mohamed Hamid (2019). Screening of Some Sudanese Sorghum Cultivars for Better Phosphorus Use Efficiency. Universal Journal of Plant Science, 7(1), 1 - 8. DOI: 10.13189/ujps.2019.070101.