Development of Dual-Purpose Sorghum for Grain and Forage
Abstract
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Sorghum varieties have been developed specifically for grain,
forage or stem sugar but not for dual-purpose combining grain
and forage use. Dual-purpose varieties could be beneficial to
the resource-poor farmers by providing grain for human
consumption and forage for livestock feed. In addition, there is
also limited information about the combining ability, gene action
and genetic effects and relationships between grain and forage
yield which is required in devising appropriate strategies for
developing dual-purpose sorghum varieties. Furthermore, there
is also lack of information about the perceptions of resourcepoor,
small-scale farmers and other important stakeholders on
the potential of dual-purpose sorghum production. This study
has just been initiated. Its specific objectives are: determination
of the farmers views on the potential use of sorghum as a dual
purpose crop for grain and forage, characterization of the
phenotypic and genetic diversity of sorghum genotypes for grain
and forage yield and determination of gene action associated
with grain and forage yield in sorghum.
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