Madras Agricultural Journal
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PERFORMANCE OF INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS OF Sorghum bicolor X S.Halepense FOR FODDER QUALITY CHARACTERS

Abstract

Per se performance for seven quality characters in 30 interspecific hybrids of sorghum involving 11 parents (six Sorghum bicolor varieties and five Shalepense accession) was studies. The parents SS 44, SS 31, SS 30 with high brix value and Co27 and SS 33 with low crude fibre content were identified as donors for the improvement of fodder types with high quality. All the parents and hybrids recorded HCN content below 200 ppm.

Keywords: Sorghum, Interspecific hybrids, Fodder quality

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