Performance of Selected Grain Sorghum Genotypes for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods
Abstract
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Sorghum is a useful cereal crop cultivated by numerous
resource poor farmers in semi arid regions. The crop is
indigenous thus well adapted to various environments in Kenya.
Sorghum performs better than other cereal staples particularly
maize especially during extended dry periods. Experiments to
determine the performance of different sorghum genotypes were
conducted. Results showed that grain yield varied significantly
(Pd”0.01) among the genotypes evaluated. The best four ranked
performers in decreasing order were Kari-mtama 1, IESV
930 SH, IS 27329 and Seredo.
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