Row Spacing Effect on Forage Sorghum Yield and Quality at Maricopa, AZ, 2015

Ottman, Michael J; Diaz, Duarte E; Sheedy, Michael D; Ward, Richard W

dc.contributor.author	Ottman, Michael J
dc.contributor.author	Diaz, Duarte E
dc.contributor.author	Sheedy, Michael D
dc.contributor.author	Ward, Richard W
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-05T23:26:35Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-05T23:26:35Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625440
dc.description	10 pp.	en
dc.description.abstract	Forage sorghum yields have been should to increase with narrow row spacing of 20 inches or less. The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of narrow row spacing on forage sorghum yield and quality in Arizona. Two row spacing (20 and 40 inch) and two forage sorghum hybrids (Great Scott and Silo 700D BMR) were evaluated in a study conducted at the University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center in 2015. Row spacing had no effect on forage yield, moisture, plant height, or maturity even though light interception was greater for the closer row spacing. The only feed quality parameter affected by row spacing was lactic acid which increased with row spacing. Hybrid by row spacing interactions was detected for a few feed quality parameters. Decreasing forage sorghum row spacing from 40 to 20 inches does not appear to have an advantage based on the results of this study.
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin	en
dc.relation.url	http://uacals.org/66z	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	*
dc.source	CALS Publications Archive. The University of Arizona.	en_US
dc.subject	Row spacing	en
dc.subject	Sorghum	en
dc.subject	Yield	en
dc.subject	Quality	en
dc.title	Row Spacing Effect on Forage Sorghum Yield and Quality at Maricopa, AZ, 2015	en_US
dc.type	text	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Univ Arizona, Coll Agr & Life Sci	en
dc.identifier.cals	az1730-2017
refterms.dateFOA	2018-05-25T11:59:20Z
html.description.abstract	Forage sorghum yields have been should to increase with narrow row spacing of 20 inches or less. The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of narrow row spacing on forage sorghum yield and quality in Arizona. Two row spacing (20 and 40 inch) and two forage sorghum hybrids (Great Scott and Silo 700D BMR) were evaluated in a study conducted at the University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center in 2015. Row spacing had no effect on forage yield, moisture, plant height, or maturity even though light interception was greater for the closer row spacing. The only feed quality parameter affected by row spacing was lactic acid which increased with row spacing. Hybrid by row spacing interactions was detected for a few feed quality parameters. Decreasing forage sorghum row spacing from 40 to 20 inches does not appear to have an advantage based on the results of this study.