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ISSN: 2360-7874 |
Academic Research Journal of
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Vol. 7(3), pp. 160-165, April 2019 Full Length Research Adaptation and verification of malt sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) genotype in drought prone areas of Ethiopia
Amare Seyoum, Taye Tadesse, Amare Nega, Hailegebreale Kinfe, Yirgalem Tsehaye, Sewmehone Siraw Belay
Ethiopians Institute of Agricultural Research Crop research directorate. Email: seyoumamare99@gmail.com, P.O.BOX 436/2003
Accepted 21 April 2019
Sorghum grain is being used predominantly as a food grain crop and the lion share of the grain production is consumed at the household level. Ethiopia is demanding huge amount of malt barley for the national beer production; unfortunately, the production area is not proportionally increasing with demand and the supply of malt barley is by far lower than the demand. Currently, however, there is a room to accommodate market oriented activities such as the development of malt sorghum varieties. It has been speculated that the demand for malting type sorghum will be increased for the reason that sorghum is climate resilient crop and the area for barley production is not growing with malt demand. Hence, selecting genotypes meeting the specific malt quality to save foreign currency used to import malt barley and improve livelihood of sorghum farmers. There was an attempt to develop malt sorghum varieties by national sorghum improvement program. Currently, a variety called Debir, which was identified as a potential candidate for adaptation trial. This candidate variety has good grain yield potential with acceptable protein content which is really very important trait for beer making quality. Moreover, Meta brewery factory has been identified this candidate variety as suitable for malting and have great interest to use as an ingredient for the brewery industry in Ethiopia. Therefore, in 2017 crop season the grain yield performance of the variety has been tested in six major sorghum testing sites and twenty one (21) locations both on farm and on station. Considering the potential use of the variety for the brewery industry and grain yield the national sorghum research program presented so that the field performance and adaptability of the candidate genotypes along with the standard check were evaluated by the national variety releasing technical committee. Finally, 2018 G.C, the standing committee approved the release of Dabir variety for commercial production. In general, this variety was recommended for lowland areas (500-1600masl) of Ethiopia with annual rainfall of 500-870mm and farmers can be benefited from production and sell of this variety to the brewery factories.
Key words: Grain yield, malt sorghum, brewery industry
How to cite this article (APA Style): Amare S, Taye T, Amare N, Hailegebreale K, Yirgalem T, Sewmehone SB (2019). Adaptation and verification of malt sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) genotype in drought prone areas of Ethiopia.. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 7(3): 160-165
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