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022 _a1019-7788 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.4314/jassa.v1i1.16847
040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 0 _aeng
043 _aZW
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072 0 _aF08
090 _aCIS-1925
100 1 _aChiduza, C.
_921134
245 1 0 _aEvaluation of sorghum technologies for smallholders in a semi-arid region of Zimbabwe (Part II) :
_bsorghum varieties against fertilizer trials
260 _aZimbabwe :
_bUniversity of Zimbabwe Publications,
_c1995.
340 _aPrinted Computer File
500 _aPeer review
520 _aThree on-farm experiments were conducted during 1984/85, 1985/86 and 1986/87 seasons in Siabuwa (Zimbabwe), to test early maturing sorghum varieties SV-2 and 321CR with fertilizer use as possible solutions to production problems faced by farmers growing Balala variety. Varieties SV-2 and 321CR produced higher yields than Balala (by an average of 62 per cent) in the three seasons at farmers' levels of inputs and management. Farmer evaluation of the taste of porridge from sorghum grain showed a high preference for SV-2 and 321CR compared to Balala. Fertilizer application at 50 kg nitrogen per ha and 12 kg phosphorus per ha appreciably raised the grain yield of Balala sorghum and SV-2 and 321CR varieties on vertisols, siallitic clays and sandy loam soils in average and above average rainfall years (1984/85 by 37 per cent and 1985/86 by 60 per cent) but not in 1986/87, a dry year. However, fertilizer use was not economic in the three seasons. It was concluded that SV-2 and 321CR are useful additions to the range of sorghum varieties available to farmers in Siabuwa.
546 _aText in English
591 _aWP|R95ANALY|3
650 1 0 _aArid zones
_92024
650 1 7 _aCrop management
_gAGROVOC
_2
_91061
650 1 7 _aCropping systems
_gAGROVOC
_2
_91068
650 1 0 _aDeficiency diseases
650 1 0 _91080
_aDrought
_2AGROVOC
650 1 0 _aFertilizer application
_91110
650 1 0 _aInjurious factors
650 1 0 _aPhosphate fertilizers
650 1 0 _aSorghum bicolor
650 1 0 _aTrials
650 1 0 _aZimbabwe
650 1 0 _91190
_aNitrogen fertilizers
_2AGROVOC
700 1 _aWaddington, S.R.
_95572
700 1 _aRukuni, M.
_97310
773 0 _tJournal of Applied Science in Southern Africa
_n621669
_gv. 1, no. 1, p. 11-22
_dZimbabwe : University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1995.
_x1019-7788
856 4 _yAccess only for CIMMYT Staff
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/802
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