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Cultivation Technology of Sorghum

Sorghum is very important yield for fodder and grain purpose. It is a highly nutritive cereal yield. It is commonly called as jowar, great millet camel yield and scientifically known as Sorghum bicolor. Its belong to the family Poaceae (FAO,s 2019) Sorghum is self-pollinating plant and their height above 60-460 cm. and their sowing is mainly the start of the monsoon September to mid-October and climate requires for growth and development (27 to 30 degree celcious) temperature and relative humidity requires at least 80% and some important varieties for highly production of fodder and grains such as - M.P. Chari (Sorghum bicolor) PC-1, PC-6, PC-23, HC-136, HC-171, PSC-1, Pant Chari-5, Pant Chari-6 and Sorghum Sudan hybrid (Akram et al., 2007)