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Vol. 11 (2 & 3) : March-June 2020 issue
Green Farming Vol. 11 (2 & 3) : 199-204 ; March-June, 2020
Assessment of crop weather relations in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) in Western Maharashtra
G. SUBRAMANYAMa1*,  S.B. KHARBADEa2,  A.A. SHAIKHa3,  J.D. JADHAVa4,  R. BALASUBRAMANIANb5  and  V.A. STHOOLa6
aDepartment of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Agriculture, Pune (Maharashtra)
bIndia Meteorological Department, Shivajinagar, Pune (Maharashtra)
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1Ph.D. Scholar *(subramanyam036@gmail.com) 2Associate Dean, COA, Nandurbar, 3Associate Professor, 4Head, 5Scientst-E, 6Associate Professor
Subject : Meteorology, Agro-Climate and Climate Change
Paper No. : P-7902
Total Pages : 6
Received : 16 May 2020
Revised accepted : 29 May 2020
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G. SUBRAMANYAM, S.B. KHARBADE, A.A. SHAIKH, J.D. JADHAV, R. BALASUBRAMANIAN and V.A. STHOOL. 2020. Assessment of crop weather relations in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) in Western Maharashtra. Green Farming  Vol. 11 (2 & 3) : 199-204  ;  March-June, 2020.

ABSTRACT
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is one of the main staple foods for the world's poorest food insecure people across the semi-arid tropics. Climate plays an important role in determining the growth and development of sorghum crop (Madhurya, 2018). Comprehensive assessments of the influence of climate variability on crop yields at local and regional scales can be highly beneficial. With an aim to assess the weather influences on sorghum at local scale this study was taken up. An experiment was conducted in a split-plot design with three replications and sixteen treatment combinations of four different varieties and four sowing windows. Four varieties used were Maldandi, Phule Vasudha, Phule Maulee and Phule Chitra. Four sowings were taken up on 35th, 37th, 39th and 41st meteorological weeks respectively. The grain yield of sorghum was influenced significantly by sorghum varieties. The grain yield was significantly higher in Phule Vasudha which was 44.3 q/ha (42.3 q/ha in 2016-17 and 46.3 q/ha in 2017-18) and significantly superior to the rest of the sorghum varieties, followed by Phule Chitra 41.8 q/ha (40.1 and 43.5 q/ha in 2016-17 and 2017-18), Maldandi 37.6 q/ha (35.6 q/ha in 2016-17 and 39.6 q/ha in 2017-18) and Phule Maulee 35.6 q/ha (34.4 q/ha in 2016-17 and 36.9 q/ha in 2017-18). Correlation analysis with weather parameters and yield showed that from panicle initiation to flowering, maximum temperature (-0.962*) was significantly negatively correlated in Maldandi. The same trend was observed in the remaining varieties also. Regression equations were developed to predict the yield.
Key words :
Correlation, Crop weather relations, Regression, Sorghum varieties.