Hybrid Cultivars of Sweet Sorghum

 

CSV 19SS (RSSV 2*SPV 462)

It is the second sweet sorghum variety developed by AICSIP, Rahuri in 2004 and has shoot fly tolerance and rabi adaptation and relatively photoperiod insensitive. It produces stalk yield of 37.7 t/ha with a brix of 16.7%.

CSV 24SS

A new sweet sorghum variety CSV24 SS was recommended for notification and release as a central variety by the 60th Meeting of Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops held on 28th June, 2011 at NBPGR, New Delhi (Gazette Notification S.O. No. 2326(E) dated 10th October, 2011).

At national level over three years, it gave 24.21% and 33.06 % more juice yield than the check SSV 84 and CSV 19SS respectively. It also recorded  39.1 t/ha fresh cane yield which was 9.72% more than the check variety SSV 84 and 8.91% more than check variety CSV 19SS. It had 1239 L/ha ethanol yield which was 27.01% and 44.24% more than the checks SSV 84 and CSV 19SS respectively. CSV 24 SS yielded 1273 kg /ha grain yield in the multi-locational trials which is 17.77% and 18.06% more than the checks SSV 84 and CSV 19SS respectively. Also, it matures in 119 days which is 3 days earlier than the check variety SSV 84.

CSV 24 SS is more resistant to shoot fly and stem borer compared to check SSV 84, but not better than CSV 19SS. However, lesser proportion of plants showed stem borer leaf injury. This variety is recommended for release and cultivation in all the sorghum growing areas of the country in kharif season under assured irrigated condition.

SSV 74

It is the sweet sorghum cum forage variety released by UAS, Dharwad. It produces stalk yield of 40.5 t/ha 37.7 t/ha with a brix of 17.6%

Sweet Sorghum varieties