Effect of Harvesting Stage on Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Genotypes in Western Kenya
Table 4
Mean values of some agronomic traits and quality of juice and ethanol from sweet sorghum genotypes evaluated and harvested at different stages at Sugar Research Institute, Kibos, Kisumu, Kenya, in 2016.
Genotype
Overall height (cm)
Height at flag leaf (cm)
Cane yield (tons ha−1)
Girth (mm)
Volume of juice (l ha−1)
Brix (%)
Absolute ethanol (l ha−1)
Chlorophyll level
Grain weight (ton ha−1)
Days to 50% flowering
EUSS10
188
167
50.85
20.79
22976.9
9.16
1062.78
46.54
4277.06
82
EUSS11
182.25
160.25
45.39
18.44
20600.8
16.21
985.26
44.13
3428.52
73
EUSS17
179
149.75
35.76
18.11
14808.8
15.29
961.96
40.42
3308.06
69
SS04
174
135.11
35.73
17.64
13546.6
13.91
805.96
38.06
3046.30
57
Lsd
5.02
6.55
1.82
0.47
438.88
0.52
40.29
1.55
94.33
0.17
Stage
I
181.02
153.28
43.45
20.24
17314.2
8.56
609.37
57.04
0.00
70.39
II
180.83
153.28
44.84
18.31
18322.9
12.56
803.07
50.97
0.00
70.39
III
180.83
153.28
44.18
19.28
19220.8
13.81
1073.06
45.14
1170.10
70.39
IV
180.83
153.28
41.17
16.80
18100.4
14.18
1078.63
40.43
2295.99
70.39
V
180.83
153.28
39.40
18.79
17821.0
15.56
1089.08
30.75
7262.43
70.39
VI
180.83
153.28
38.55
18.86
17120.4
17.18
1070.72
29.39
10362.89
70.39
Lsd
6.15
8.02
2.23
0.57
537.52
0.63
49.35
1.90
115.54
0.21
Means designated by the same letter within columns are not significantly different at .
