Effect of Integrated Weed Management on Yield, Quality and Economics of Summer Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is one of the globally important cereal crop after wheat, maize, rice and barley. Sorghum is a unique crop among the major cereals and the staple food and fodder crop of the world’s poor and most food-insecure populations, located primarily in the semi-arid tropics. Sorghum is grown on 43.81 million ha area in the world, producing about 65.42 million tonnes grain with an average yield of 1523 kg/ha. India and USA have largest share of global sorghum area, while the maximum production of sorghum occur in the USA. India presently produces about 5.54 million tonnes of sorghum grain from area of 6.16 million ha and productivity of 884 kg/ha (Anon., 2016). The crop is primarily produced in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka. In Gujarat, sorghum occupies about 0.14 million ha area and annual International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 8 (2017) pp. 1630-1636 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com