EVALUATION OF GENETIC VARIABILITY AND MINERAL COMPOSITION OF Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN NASARAWA STATE
Keywords:
Growth, Genetic variability, Mineral composition, Sorghum and YieldAbstract
Rice, wheat, maize and barley come second to sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), which is the fifth most significant cereal crops. Sorghum is one of the most commonly grown cereal crops in the semiarid tropical region of Africa. Even though the mineral composition is an essential component in sorghum grains, there is little information on the variability in gene and the correlation between mineral composition and agronomic traits in sorghum germplasm. Field experiment was carried out during the raining season of the year in Duduguru and research farm College of Agriculture, Lafia. Twenty (20) genotypes of sorghum were used as the experiment materials and were randomly laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replicates per genotype. Gross and net sizes of experimental plot were 2.4 m x 3 m (7.2 m2) and 1.2 m x 3 m (3.6 m2) respectively. Data on Agronomic variables such as Plant height, Leaf area (cm2), Days to flower, Days to maturity, Grain yield (kg/ha and 100 seed weight) were recorded for each genotype. Analysis of variance results revealed that there were significant differences in the agronomic characteristics among genotypes. The genetic effect was highly significant (p < 0.001) for DF, DE, PH, LL. There was also a statistically significant difference at the 5 % probability level (p < 0.05) for 100-seed weight (100SW). This implies that there is a slight genotypic effect on the characteristic under study. The environmental effect was not statistically significant for all the variables, which indicates the uniformity of the effect of the two test environments on the expression of the characteristics. However, there was a significant block effect for DF (p < 0.05), PH (p < 0.05), LL (p < 0.01), 100SW (p < 0.05), and GY (p < 0.05). There was no statistically significant G × E interaction effect for all the variables Sorghum is the 5th most important cereal crop globally, after rice, wheat, maize, and barley, 2024 rainy season.
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