Ecological Assessment of Conditions for Sorghum (&lt;i&gt;Sorghum bicolor&lt;/i&gt;) Cultivation Based on the Determination of its Yield Plasticity
Journal: Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology
Year: 2022

In Ukraine, sorghum is grown in an area of 41000-49000 ha, with the yield ranging over years from 0.99 t/ha (2001) to 4.63 t/ha (2018). Such differences in productivity may be explained by the fact that, in recent decades, the value of degree-days in the Steppe zone increased from 3145 C (1990) to 3550 C (2019), and in the Forest Steppe zone by 445 C. At the same time, the current annual precipitation in Ukraine is 578 mm, while sustainable farming requires 700 mm. In Steppe, which is a traditio