A Comparison Between Improved Birdresistant Sorghum, and Palestinian Local Sorghum under Rainfed Conditions at Al-Thahirya

摘要

Sorghum (white corn) has been cultivated for decades in Palestine. However, its production has been limited to an area of only 268.8 ha, mainly in the Hebron district as a rainfed crop, with an average grain yield of 690 kg ha~(-1). There are also 62.8 ha grown in the Gaza Strip as an irrigated crop, with an average grain yield of 2.2 tons ha~(-1). One of the serious problems facing sorghum cultivation has been the threat from birds, which damage the panicles tan mile to maturity stages, causing severe loss in grain yield. As a result, farmers in Palestine have moved away from eateivatrag sorghum. In order to improve sorghum cultivation in Palestine, the Applied Research Institute hat started introducing bird-resistant sorghum varieties. This activity is targeted at involving fanners in using improved techniques to cultivate sorghum and encouraging them to we bird-resktant varieties, that have potential for adaptrion to total conditions and increased grain yield.