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Crop Variety Details for Sorghum - Adukara

ES Code 419:2012
Registered Variety Name Adukara
Released in Issue No. 18
Common Name Sorghum - Adukara
Scientific Name Adukara
Released For (yield, drought, pest resistance...) Yield
Adaptation Area Adaptation area: Assosa, Bambasi, Mao- komo and similar agro- ecologies.
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Variety Image No Image
Altitude (m.a.s.l) 1500– 1850
Rainfall (mm) 1000 – 1200
Soil Type Cambisols
Nutritional Merit Carbohydrate
Year of Release Jan. 1, 2015
Breeder Seed Maintainer Assosa ARC/EIAR
Planting Method both
Seed Rate (kg/ha) 10 (row planting)
Planting Dates Late May to Early June
P2O5 Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 100 all at planting
N Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 100 in split application (1/2at planting and 1/2 at knee height)
Days to heading/Flowering 148-154
Days to Maturity 204-212
Panicle Length (cm) --
1000 Seed Weight (g) 23
Seed Color Red
Flower Color Not mentioned
Leaf Arrangement Not mentioned
Crop Pest Reaction Tolerant to major insect pest of sorghum
On Farm Yield Amount (qt/ha) 30.1 - 37.6
On station Yield Amount (qt/ha) 35.6 - 41.6
Variety Maintenance Status None
Variety Source Domestic
date added March 5, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
date modified March 5, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
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