MAPPING GRAIN SORGHUM GROWTH AND YIELD VARIATIONS USING AIRBORNE MULTISPECTRAL DIGITAL IMAGERY

2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1927-1938 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Yang ◽  
J. H. Everitt ◽  
J. M. Bradford ◽  
D. E. Escobar
Keyword(s):  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Digital Imagery

scholarly journals Rate and Timing Effects of Growth Regulating Herbicides Applications on Grain Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Growth and Yield

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Thierry E. Besançon ◽  
Ranjit Riar ◽  
Ronnie W. Heiniger ◽  
Randy Weisz ◽  
Wesley J. Everman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Timing Effects

Dicamba and 2,4-D are among the most common and inexpensive herbicides used to control broadleaf weeds. However, different studies have pointed the risk of crop injury and grain sorghum yield reduction with postemergence applications of 2,4-D. No research data on grain sorghum response to 2,4-D or dicamba exists in the Southeastern United States. Consequently, a study was conducted to investigate crop growth and yield response to 2,4-D (100, 220, and 330 g acid equivalent ha−1) and dicamba (280 g acid equivalent ha−1) applied on 20 to 65 cm tall sorghum. Greater stunting resulted from 2,4-D applied at 330 g acid equivalent ha−1or below 45 cm tall sorghum whereas lodging prevailed with 2,4-D at 330 g acid equivalent ha−1and dicamba applied beyond 35 cm tall crop. Regardless of local environmental conditions, 2,4-D applied up to 35 cm tall did not negatively impact grain yield. There was a trend for yields to be somewhat lower when 2,4-D was applied on 45 or 55 cm tall sorghum whereas application on 65 cm tall sorghum systematically decreased yields. More caution should be taken with dicamba since yield reduction has been reported as early as applications made on 35 cm tall sorghum for a potentially dicamba sensitive cultivar.

Phenology, early growth, and yield of planted and ratoon grain sorghum

1990 ◽  
Vol 23 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 205-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.J. Gerik ◽  
W.D. Rosenthal ◽  
W.F. Seavey
Keyword(s):  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
Early Growth ◽  
Growth And Yield

scholarly journals Effect of Fungicide Applications on Grain Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Growth and Yield

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan D. Fromme ◽  
Trey Price ◽  
Josh Lofton ◽  
Tom Isakeit ◽  
Ronnie Schnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
Test Weight ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Texas Gulf Coast ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Weight Yield ◽  
Percent Protein ◽  
Disease Pressure

Field studies were conducted in the upper Texas Gulf Coast and in central Louisiana during the 2013 through 2015 growing seasons to evaluate the effects of fungicides on grain sorghum growth and development when disease pressure was low or nonexistent. Azoxystrobin and flutriafol at 1.0 L/ha and pyraclostrobin at 0.78 L/ha were applied to the plants of two grain sorghum hybrids (DKS 54-00, DKS 53-67) at 25% bloom and compared with the nontreated check for leaf chlorophyll content, leaf temperature, and plant lodging during the growing season as well as grain mold, test weight, yield, and nitrogen and protein content of the harvested grain. The application of a fungicide had no effect on any of the variables tested with grain sorghum hybrid responses noted. DKS 53-67 produced higher yield, greater test weight, higher percent protein, and N than DKS 54-00. Results of this study indicate that the application of a fungicide when little or no disease is present does not promote overall plant health or increase yield.

Effect of Carrier Volume on Grain Sorghum Response to Simulated Drift of Nicosulfuron

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 684-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Matocha ◽  
Curtis A. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Plant Height ◽  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
Seasonal Rainfall ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Height Reduction ◽  
Herbicide Concentration ◽  
Carrier Volume

Research was conducted in 2010 and 2012 to determine the effect of simulated drift of nicosulfuron on growth and yield of grain sorghum. Herbicide rates represented 25, 12.5, and 6.3% of the use rate of nicosulfuron at 52 g ai ha−1. Nicosulfuron was applied in a constant carrier volume of 224 L ha−1where herbicide concentration decreased with reduction in rate, and in carrier volumes of 56, 28, and 14 L ha−1proportional to the 25, 12.5, and 6.3% herbicide rates, respectively. In 2010, grain sorghum injury and yield were greater when nicosulfuron was applied in constant compared to proportional carrier volume. Grain sorghum injury and plant height reduction increased with increasing nicosulfuron rate when averaged across carrier volume both years. In 2012, there was a greater reduction in grain sorghum yield from nicosulfuron applied in proportional carrier volume. These data indicate that simulated drift of nicosulfuron onto conventional grain sorghum causes significant height and yield reduction even at the lowest herbicide rate tested, and the effect of carrier volume may be influenced by seasonal rainfall.

scholarly journals Grain Sorghum Response to Row Spacing and Plant Populations in the Texas Coastal Bend Region

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos J. Fernandez ◽  
Dan D. Fromme ◽  
W. James Grichar
Keyword(s):  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
Plant Population ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Row Spacing ◽  
Plant Populations ◽  
Single Row ◽  
Average Rainfall ◽  
Opportune Time ◽  
Lower Plant ◽  
Sorghum Bicolor L

Two grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) studies were conducted in the Coastal Bend Region of Texas over a two-year period. In one study, sorghum growth and yield were compared when planted in a single row on beds or planted in twin rows on beds with different plant populations under dryland or irrigation. Above average rainfall occurred in May 2000 which resulted in twin rows at any plant population producing higher yields than the single row at lower plant population. In 2001, single-row plantings with either plant population (124,000–160,000 or 161,000–198,000 plants/ha) produced higher yield than twin rows planted at 161,000–198,000 plants/ha. Under irrigation, twin rows planted at 161,000–198,000 plants/ha produced higher yields than single row at the same population; however, no other yield differences were noted when row systems or plant populations were compared. In another study, 38 cm row spacings were compared with 76 cm row spacings under two plant populations. In 2000, when rains fell at an opportune time, no yield differences were noted; however, in 2001 with below average rainfall, the 76 cm plantings at 170,000–200,000 and 210,000–240,000 plants/ha produced higher yield than the 38 cm plantings at those same plant populations.

Comparative injuriousness of Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on grain sorghum

1991 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. van den Berg ◽  
J.B.J. Van Rensburg ◽  
K.L. Pringle
Keyword(s):  
Chilo Partellus ◽  
Yield Loss ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Busseola Fusca ◽  
Stem Borer ◽  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Artificial Infestation ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Mixed Populations

AbstractThe comparative influence of Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe), both as separate and mixed populations, on growth and yield of grain sorghum was investigated in a field experiment, using an artificial infestation in cages. C. partellus was more injurious than B. fusca as indicated by whorl damage, stalk injury and yield loss. In the case of mixed populations, dispersion of larvae and damage were independent of B. fusca numbers. A regression equation, Logit Y = 0.24 + 2.06 logit x, relating visible plant damage to yield loss was determined. Control strategies in the case of mixed stem borer populations should be directed against C. partellus.

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