Sorghum Northern Region - GrowNotes™
Sorghum Northern Region - GrowNotes™
Published: 21 Apr 2017
Grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is the main summer grain crop in the northern grains region, and plays a key role in providing feed grains to the beef, dairy, pig and poultry industries. It is a good rotation crop, tolerating heat and moisture stress, and performing better than maize on soils with marginal potassium (K) levels.
Grain sorghum is a major component of the dryland cropping system of north-eastern Australia. Approximately 60% of the Australian crop is grown in Queensland and the remainder in northern NSW. Grain sorghum is predominantly a summer crop, with an extended season in higher latitudes including Central Queensland and further north.
Topics
- Planning/paddock preparation and planting
- Plant growth and physiology
- Nutrition and fertiliser
- Weed and insect control
- Nematode control
- Diseases
- Crop desiccation and spray out
- Harvest and storage
- Environmental issues
- Marketing
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Table of contents
- GRDC GrowNotes Sorghum Northern Region (PDF 7.0 MB)
- Table of contents - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.4 MB)
- Introduction - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.6 MB)
- 1. Planning and paddock preparation - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 4.8 MB)
- 2. Pre-planting - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.5 MB)
- 3. Planting - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.5 MB)
- 4. Plant growth and physiology - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.4 MB)
- 5. Nutrition and fertiliser - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.7 MB)
- 6. Weed control - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.4 MB)
- 7. Insect control - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.8 MB)
- 8. Nematode management - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 4.0 MB)
- 9. Diseases - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.5 MB)
- 11. Crop desiccation / Spray out - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.4 MB)
- 12. Harvest - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.6 MB)
- 13. Storage - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.2 MB)
- 14. Environmental issues - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 3.3 MB)
- 15. Marketing - GRDC GrowNotes - Sorghum North (PDF 4.4 MB)
Region: North
ISBN: 978-1-921779-10-7 (print)