Research Article

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

Table 3

Grain sorghum response to single and twin rows and plant populations under irrigated conditions in 2000.

Rows Plant population (1000s/ha) Heads/plantNumber of seed/head Weight of 1,000 seed (g) Yield (kg/ha)

Single row 124–160 0.86 1386 26.7 5980
161–198 0.84 1206 25.7 5900
199–235 0.89 1005 26.4 6040

Twin rows 124–160 0.82 1639 23.1 6390
161–198 0.86 1393 24.0 6840
199–235 0.88 1161 23.8 6730

LSD (0.05) NS 222 2.0 880