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IJSRP, Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2020 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]


Phytogeographic Distribution of Sorghum in Nigeria
      Arinze JP. Chukwu and Ikechukwu O. Agbagwa
Abstract: Sorghum cultivation and distribution in Nigeria spans the entire North and Southern Region (Savannah and Rain Forest Regions). Sorghum is generally not cultivated in the Southern region hence its attribute of not thriving in the Southern regions of Nigeria. Also, relegation of Sorghum to the S. bicolor is also responsible for this assertion since wild species such as S. arundinaceum, S. vogellianum, S. aethiopicum and S. vociflorum are grow as weeds and abound in most localities in the South except for the saline

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Arinze JP. Chukwu and Ikechukwu O. Agbagwa (2020); Phytogeographic Distribution of Sorghum in Nigeria; International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 10(01) (ISSN: 2250-3153), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.10.01.2020.p9736
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