Table 4 Seasonal changes vs. locations for studied traits of sorghum at the three cuts as well as the mean and total of the three cuts under normal irrigation and drought conditions.
Seasons | Locations | Normal conditions | Drought conditions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st cut | 2nd cut | 3rd cut | Mean | 1st cut | 2nd cut | 3rd cut | Mean | ||
Plant height (cm) | |||||||||
2023 | Ras El Hekma | 159.90b | 128.92 | 121.69b | 136.84c | 148.58b | 120.00 | 111.56b | 127.02b |
Wadi El-Raml | 168.27a | 128.07 | 127.56a | 141.30b | 156.50a | 119.81 | 112.67b | 129.66a | |
2024 | Ras El Hekma | 151.14c | 119.51 | 116.36d | 129.00d | 139.82c | 113.22 | 105.29c | 119.44c |
Wadi El-Raml | 169.51a | 141.71 | 118.62c | 143.15a | 156.54a | 109.28 | 121.24a | 130.49a | |
LSD 5% | 5.09 | NS | 2.00 | 2.18 | 3.36 | NS | 2.85 | 2.44 | |
No. of Tillers\m2 | |||||||||
2023 | Ras El Hekma | 53.89 | 47.67 | 37.11 | 46.22 | 49.11 | 42.00 | 32.22 | 41.11 |
Wadi El-Raml | 51.22 | 58.44 | 41.08 | 50.25 | 44.33 | 56.22 | 35.33 | 45.30 | |
2024 | Ras El Hekma | 50.33 | 43.78 | 35.00 | 43.04 | 45.67 | 38.89 | 29.22 | 37.93 |
Wadi El-Raml | 47.89 | 53.22 | 37.26 | 46.12 | 41.78 | 50.44 | 32.72 | 41.65 | |
LSD 5% | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | |
Seasons | Locations | Normal conditions | Drought conditions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st cut | 2nd cut | 3rd cut | Mean | Sum | 1st cut | 2nd cut | 3rd cut | Mean | Sum | ||
Fresh forage yield (t/fed) | |||||||||||
2023 | Ras El Hekma | 15.52 | 11.11b | 6.38b | 11.00 | 33.01 | 14.12 | 9.89bb | 4.71b | 9.57 | 28.72 |
Wadi El-Raml | 17.63 | 12.03a | 7.27b | 12.31 | 36.93 | 16.28 | 10.97a | 5.23b | 10.83 | 32.48 | |
2024 | Ras El Hekma | 16.73 | 12.03a | 6.86b | 11.87 | 35.62 | 15.37 | 10.36ab | 4.83b | 10.19 | 30.56 |
Wadi El-Raml | 18.53 | 7.93c | 12.53a | 12.99 | 38.98 | 17.30 | 5.43c | 12.47a | 11.73 | 35.20 | |
LSD 5% | NS | 0.58 | 0.63 | NS | NS | NS | 0.76 | 0.67 | NS | NS | |
Dry forage yield (t/fed) | |||||||||||
2023 | Ras El Hekma | 7.30 | 5.03c | 1.73b | 4.69 | 14.07 | 5.93 | 3.76a | 1.16b | 3.60 | 10.43 |
Wadi El-Raml | 8.14 | 5.73a | 1.88b | 5.25 | 15.76 | 6.70 | 4.32a | 1.31b | 4.11 | 12.33 | |
2024 | Ras El Hekma | 7.80 | 5.43b | 1.88b | 5.04 | 15.11 | 6.33 | 4.07a | 1.24b | 3.88 | 11.64 |
Wadi El-Raml | 8.58 | 2.07d | 5.60a | 5.42 | 16.25 | 7.59 | 1.33b | 4.69a | 4.54 | 13.61 | |
LSD 5% | NS | 0.22 | 0.18 | NS | NS | NS | 0.64 | 0.25 | NS | NS | |
Fresh water use efficiency (kg/m3) | |||||||||||
2023 | Ras El Hekma | 7.06 | 5.05b | 2.90b | 5.00 | 15.01 | 7.06 | 4.94b | 2.36b | 4.79 | 14.36 |
Wadi El-Raml | 8.01 | 5.47a | 3.30a | 5.59 | 16.78 | 8.14 | 5.48a | 2.62b | 5.41 | 16.24 | |
2024 | Ras El Hekma | 7.61 | 5.47a | 3.12ab | 5.40 | 16.19 | 7.68 | 5.18ab | 2.42b | 5.09 | 15.28 |
Wadi El-Raml | 8.42 | 3.60c | 5.69c | 5.91 | 17.72 | 8.65 | 2.71c | 6.24a | 5.87 | 17.60 | |
LSD 5% | NS | 0.26 | 0.29 | NS | NS | NS | 0.38 | 0.34 | NS | NS | |
Dry water use efficiency (kg/m3) | |||||||||||
2023 | Ras El Hekma | 3.32 | 2.29b | 0.79b | 2.13 | 6.39 | 2.97 | 1.87b | 0.58b | 1.80 | 5.41 |
Wadi El-Raml | 3.70 | 2.61a | 0.85b | 2.39 | 7.16 | 3.35 | 2.16a | 0.66b | 2.06 | 6.17 | |
2024 | Ras El Hekma | 3.55 | 2.47c | 0.85b | 2.29 | 6.87 | 3.17 | 2.03a | 0.62b | 1.94 | 5.82 |
Wadi El-Raml | 3.90 | 0.94d | 2.55a | 2.46 | 7.38 | 3.80 | 0.67c | 2.34a | 2.27 | 6.81 | |
LSD 5% | NS | 0.10 | 0.08 | NS | NS | NS | 0.14 | 0.12 | NS | NS | |
