Research Article

Soil Characteristics and Pedoclimatic Evaluation of Rainfed Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in the Mayo-Lemié Division, South-Western Chad

Table 4

Climatic suitability evaluation for the production of Sorghum.

CharacteristicsValuesClassesLimitationsParametric values

Group I: Precipitation
 Precipitation during crop cycle (mm)677S1-1097
 Precipitation during 3rd cycle (mm)221.6S1-10100

Group II: Temperature
 Mean temperature during crop cycle (°C)27.5S1188.3
 Mean maximum temperature during crop cycle (°C)33.1S1-1191
 Mean minimum temperature during crop cycle (°C)21.9S1-00100
 Relative humidity during crop cycle (%)73S1-1188
n/N during crop cycle0.68S10100
 Calculated climatic index (CR)S189.53