TY  - JA
AU  - Chiduza,C.
AU  - Waddington,S.R.
AU  - Rukuni,M.
TI  - Evaluation of sorghum technologies for smallholders in a semi-arid region of Zimbabwe (Part I): production practices and development of an experimental agenda
SN  - 1019-7788
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Zimbabwe
PB  - University of Zimbabwe Publications
KW  - Arid zones
KW  - Crop management
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Cropping systems
KW  - Deficiency diseases
KW  - Drought
KW  - Fertilizer application
KW  - Injurious factors
KW  - Phosphate fertilizers
KW  - Sorghum bicolor
KW  - Trials
KW  - Varieties
KW  - Zimbabwe
KW  - Nitrogen fertilizers
N1  - Peer review
N2  - Background information and informal diagnostic survey were used to describe the sorghum cropping practice of smallholders in Siabuwa Communal Area in Zimbabwe in the 1984/85 season. Grain yield for the local variety Balala was monitored and found to be low and highly variable depending on rainfall and management. Water deficit during grain filling, low yield potential of Balala, low nitrogen and phosphorus in the soils, shortage of arable land and low plant population were identified as the major problems. Use of improved varieties, construction of soil ridges, use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers and intercropping were suggested as solutions to some of the problems. Experiments were designed to test the solutions and details are given in part two of the article
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/262
DO  - https://doi.org/10.4314/jassa.v1i1.16846
T2  - Journal of Applied Science in Southern Africa
ER  -