Hybrids and varieties of grain sorghum for kharif

Introduction
Hybrids and varieties for Kharif season

Hybrids
Varieties

Introduction

Sorghum is one of the main staple food for the poor people across the semi arid tropics. It is mainly consumed by poor farmers. India contributes about 16% of the world’s sorghum production. It is the fourth most important cereal crop in the country and also contributing green fodder, feed and biofuel.

This crop was one of the major cereal during the 1950s contributing to more than 10% of the food basket. At present, it is reduced to less than 4.0%. Sorghum cultivation is taken up in 5.97 m ha with a production of 5.01 million tonnes (Ref : Agricultural Statistics at a Glance 2018 of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare). There has been rapid improvement in productivity - 466 kg/ ha in 1971 as against 998 kg/ ha in 2017-18. This has been possible through use of productive hybrids and varieties and adoption of improved production technologies. In the last three decades productivity has gone upto 84% in case of kharif sorghum and 70% in rabi sorghum.

Hybrids and varieties for Kharif season

The essential information on grain sorghum hybrids and varieties released in the country for cultivating under kharif season is presented below.

Hybrids

Hybrid	Duration	Grain Yield (kg/ha)	Fodder Yield (kg/ha)	Suitable Areas*
CSH1	90-100	3000-3500	7500	TN, AP, KA, RJ, UP, GJ, MH, MP. Specific adaption to low rainfall and light soil kharif areas of country.
CSH2	115-120	3000-3500	-	Suitable for assured rainfall mid-late kharif tracts specifically in Karnataka
CSH3	150-170	3500-3800	-	Assured rainfall tracts in MH, TG, monsoon areas of TN, Malwa Plateau (MP) and Bundelkhand (UP)
CSH4	110-105	3500-3800	-	All kharif and some rabi areas of all over the country
CSH5	100-120	3800-4000	9300	All kharif areas and late kharif tracts of AP and summer irrigated areas in TN, and KA. Well adapted for intercropping and ratooning
CSH6	95-100	3376	8100	For cultivation in kharif, early rabi and rabi seasons a;; over the country. Suitable for low rainfall tracts of kharif and late kharif season in AP. Ideally suited for intercropping and ratooning
CSH9	105-110	4000-4200	9800	All kharif sorghum areas except in humid areas of KA and TN
CSH10	100-115	3633	12000	KA
CSH11	105-115	4172	9180	All kharif growing areas
CSH13	105-110	3924	14100	AP, GJ, TN, KA, MP, HR, RJ, MH and UP
CSH14	105	3840	8800	All kharif growing areas medium to heavy soils for low rainfall areas

Hybrids	Duration	Grain Yield (kg/ha)	Fodder Yield (kg/ha)	Suitable Areas*
CSH16	110	4308	9676	Kharif sorghum growing areas of MH, TN, AP, GJ, KA, MP, RJ and UP
CSH17	103	4186	10400	All Kharif growing areas of RJ, MP, GJ and TN
CSH18	110-115	4336	13100	All kharif season as a rainfed crop in sorghum growing states in country
CSH23	105	4100	8700	All over India
CSH25	110-115	4370	12710	MH in Kharif season

Varieties

Variety	Duration	Grain Yield (kg/ha)	Fodder Yield (kg/ha)	Suitable Areas*
CSV 1	95-100	3000-5000	-	All kharif sorghum growing areas of MH, GJ, KA and AP
CSV 2	105-110	3000-3500	-	Kharif tracts of MH, MP and adjoining areas of RJ, Bundelkhand (UP) and North Telangana
CSV 3	105-110	3500-4000	-	All kharif growing areas of country
CSV 4	105-110	3000-3500	-	All kharif sorghum growing areas
CSV 5	110-120	3000-3500	-	KA,TN and MH
CSV 6	115-120	3200-3500	-	Assured rainfall areas of vidharbha and west MH regions,MP, Kota region of RJ, Bundelkhand (UP), South GJ, Adilabad (AP) and TN
CSV 9	110-115	3000-3500	8940	All kharif sorghum growing areas in India
CSV 10	110-115	3000-3500	9010	MH, KA, AP and RJ
CSV 11	110-115	3250	9600	All kharif growing areas in India
CSV 13	110-120	3525	9700	All kharif growing areas of the country
CSV 15	110-112	3621	12100	All kharif growing areas of the country
CSV 17	97	2500	6800	Low rainfall and drought prone sorghum regions of the country
CSV 20	109	3100	13300	All India

*KA:KARNATAKA, TN:TAMILNADU, AP:ANDHRA PRADESH, RJ:RAJASTHAN, GJ:GUJARAT, UP:UTTAR PRADESH, MH:MAHARASHTRA, MP:MADHYA PRADESH

Authors

Deepika C, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad
Vinu V, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore
Swarna R , ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad
Jinu J, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad
Sooganna,ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad
Gayatri B, ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseed Research, Hyderabad

References

Sorghum Cultivars of India: Hybrid, Varieties and parental lines. 2009 Vilas A Tonapi, M Elangovan, N kannababu, KV Raghavendra Rao, Raghunath Kulakarni, D Chandra Sekhar Reddy, Ram Swaroop Meena, HS Gawali and N Seetharama. ISBN 81-89335-23-5.144 pp
Genetic Improvement of Grain Sorghum. 2019 Editor(s): C. Aruna, K.B.R.S. Visarada, B. Venkatesh Bhat, Vilas A. Tonapi. ISBN 9780081018798, Pages 157-173.

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