Effect of Harvesting Stage on Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Genotypes in Western Kenya

Table 1

Harvesting stage, duration after intrusion, and description of crop appearance.

Stage of harvesting	Duration (days)	Description of the crops
Stage I	7	Plants are at 50% flowering; panicles have no pollen
Stage II	14	Plants have all flowers and pollen shed
Stage III	21	Pollination is complete and grain filling begins: the milk stage
Stage IV	28	Grain filling is complete and grains begin to harden: soft dough stage
Stage V	35	Grains almost mature: the hard dough stage
Stage VI	42	The crops are at physiological maturity; the grains begin to dry