Assessment of Photoperiod Sensitivity and the Effect of Sowing Date on Dry-Season Sorghum Cultivars in Southern Chad

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dc.creatorNaoura, Gapili
dc.creatorEmendack, Yves
dc.creatorSawadogo, Nerbéwendé
dc.creatorDjirabaye, Nadjiam
dc.creatorTabo, Ramadjita
dc.creatorLaza, Haydee (TTU)
dc.creatorAtchozou, Eyanawa A.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-12T18:16:58Z
dc.date.available2023-05-12T18:16:58Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description© 2023 by the authors. cc-by
dc.description.abstractThe cultivation of dry-season sorghum on residual moisture in West and Central Africa is highly affected by sowing dates and ecotypes used. Fifty-five dry-season sorghum ecotypes collected from three zones in southern Chadian were sown on two dates, early and late, in 2013 and 2014, in an α-Lattice, and replicated five times to evaluate the effect of sowing date on potential yield, flowering time, and other agro-morphological traits and to determine their photoperiod sensitivity. Trials were conducted in the research fields at the Agricultural Research Extension Farm in Youé, Chad. Year, sowing date, and their interaction significantly affected most of the assessed traits. Delaying sowing significantly decreased potential yield, duration of vegetative phase, and other agro-morphological traits, except staygreen. All cultivars were photoperiodic with late sowing requiring a lower cumulative growing degree unit to flower. The flowering window was not affected by sowing dates across cultivars; however, the flowering time was affected by a decrease in daylength, but not low night temperatures. Generally, late sowing decreased potential yield across cultivars. However, this decrease varied with the region of origin, with seven cultivars having average potential yields at or above the regional potential yield of 1 t/ha, irrespective of year or sowing dates.
dc.identifier.citationNaoura, G., Emendack, Y., Sawadogo, N., Djirabaye, N., Tabo, R., Laza, H., & Atchozou, E.A.. 2023. Assessment of Photoperiod Sensitivity and the Effect of Sowing Date on Dry-Season Sorghum Cultivars in Southern Chad. Agronomy, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030932
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030932
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/93541
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subjectdaylength
dc.subjectdry-season sorghum
dc.subjectgrowing degree units
dc.subjectphotoperiod sensitivity
dc.subjectpotential yield
dc.subjecttemperature
dc.titleAssessment of Photoperiod Sensitivity and the Effect of Sowing Date on Dry-Season Sorghum Cultivars in Southern Chad
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