🌾 Crop
ANX-CROP-0000005
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
Also known as Sorghum vulgare (Synonym), Broom millet (English), Broom sorghum (English), Broom-corn (English), Durra (English), Guinea corn (English), Jowar (English), Jowari (English), Sorghum (Crop) (English), Kafferkoren (Dutch), Sorgo (Spanish), Zahína (Spanish), Sorgho (French), Sorgho commun (French), Durrakorn (German), Mohrenhirse (German), Sorghumhirse (German)
A drought-tolerant cereal important in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) where maize often fails.
- Species
- Sorghum bicolor
- Family
- Poaceae
- Climate requirements
- Altitude 0-1800m, temperature 20-35C, rainfall 400-600mm/year
- Temperature range
- 22-35°C (absolute 8-40°C)
- Rainfall range
- 400-600mm (absolute 300-700mm)
- Altitude range
- 2500m
- Soil types
- Tolerant of poor, shallow, and moderately saline soils
- Soil pH
- 5.5-7.5 (absolute 5-8)
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