Effects of Varying Forms of Cassia Tora on The Growth Performance of Sorghum in Northern Sudan Savanna
Keywords:
Cassia Tora, ICSVIII, Fara Fara, Sorghum, Northern Sudan Savanna, KatsinaAbstract
A screen house experiment was carried out at the screen house of the Department of Agricultural Education, Federal College of Education, Katsina to assess the effects of different forms of Cassia tora on the growth performance of two different sorghum varieties (ICSVIII and fara fara) grown on top and subsoils of Northern Sudan Savanna. The measured growth parameters were plant height, stem girth, leaf number, leaf area, leaf width, and leaf length all at 4, 6 and 8 WAP. There was a significant effect of different forms of Cassia tora when the measured growth parameters were analyzed using ANOVA. The result of this study showed that freshly crushed (FC) and crushed, dried and ground (CDG) forms of the amendment material were significantly different from the control and chopped, dried and burnt (CDB).
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