J.F. Dastur Memorial Lecture Award - Host Plant Resistance for management of foliar diseases of sorghum - KUSUM MATHUR
Abstract
Sorghum is one of the most important cereal crops grown for food, feed, fodder/forage, and fuel in the semi-arid regions of India. It is grown on ca. 7.76 m ha area in India with production of 7.92 m tons and productivity of 1020 kg ha-1. It is one of the cheapest sources of micronutrients (Fe and Zn) in the human and livestock diets. Sorghum is also a good source of green fodder due to its quick growth, high biomass and good quality. Of late, sorghum with sugary juice rich stalks (sweet sorghum) is emerging as an important multipurpose biofuel crop. India contributes about 16% to the world’s annual sorghum production (Tonapi et al., 2007). About 60–70% of the total forage produced in India during the rainy season is from sorghum (Grewal, 1988). Of over 50 diseases reported on sorghum, only a few are economical important globally, several others are regionally and locally important in specific agro-ecosystems.
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