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A New Sorghum Variety for Tamil Nadu

K. MEENAKASHI V. K. KUNJAMMA and S. PALANISAMY
Volume : 64
Issue: Aug-aug
Pages: 533 - 536
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A03227
Published: October 11, 2023
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Abstract

A new sorghum variety CO. 21 evolved through induced mutagenesis was released. It is a grain-cum-fodder variety which matures in 105 days. This variety is suitable for cultivation in all the three seasons summer irrigated season, south-west monsoon season and north-east monsoon season throughout Tamil Nadu. It gives a mean yield of 42. quintals of grain per hectare under irrigated conditions and 20 quintals under rainfed condi- tions, the straw yield per hectare being 17 and 13 tonnes respectively.

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https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A03227
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533 - 536
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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