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Crop Production - Forage Crops - Fodder Cholam

The document discusses fodder cholam, a forage crop variety suitable for multicut harvesting. It provides details on varieties, cultivation practices including seed rate, spacing, fertilizer application and irrigation requirements. Harvest schedules and expected yields of green fodder and seed are also mentioned.

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Crop Production - Forage Crops - Fodder Cholam

The document discusses fodder cholam, a forage crop variety suitable for multicut harvesting. It provides details on varieties, cultivation practices including seed rate, spacing, fertilizer application and irrigation requirements. Harvest schedules and expected yields of green fodder and seed are also mentioned.

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Seasons & Varieties | Tillage | Nutrient Mgmnt |

Mgmnt | Weed Mgmnt | Crop Protection | Cost of Search


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roduction :: Forage Crops :: Fodder Cholam


Farmers Success S

and Varieties
District/Season Month Varieties

Irrigated  

All Irrigated districts Jan - Feb and Apr – May


CO (FS) 29 & CO 31 (Multicut
Cholam)
Rain fed  

All Districts (Jun - Jul)

ential and Quality Characters

PARTICULARS CO (FS) 29 CO 31

Derivative of the
Gamma ray (400 Gy) mutant of CO
Parentage cross TNS 30 x
(FS) 29
Sorghum sudanense

Multicut Multicut
Duration (Days)
(3 years) (3 years)

Average green fodder yield (t/ha) 160-170 (6-7 cuts) 190-(6-7 cuts)

Morphological characters

Plant height (cm) 220-250 270 - 290

Number of tillers 10-15 12-17

Number of leaves 80-105 90-110

Leaf length (cm) 75-90 85 - 95


Leaf breadth (cm) 3.5-4.6 4.5 - 5.0

Leaf stem ratio 0.2-0.25 0.26

Quality characters

Protein content (%) 8.41 9.86

Dry matter (%) 23.60 25.9

Crude fibre (%) 25.60 19.80

IVDMD (%) 50.30 52

dder Cholam can be intercropped with CO 5  and CO (FC) 8 Cowpea at 1:1 ratio and harvested together to provide nutritious fodder.

of Practices

Season : Can be grown throughout the year as a multicut variety under irrigated conditions.

Soils     : All types of soil with good drainage. Does not come up well on heavy clay soil or flooded or waterlogged condi

Preparatory cultivation : Plough 2-3 times to obtain a good tilth. Form ridges and furrows of 6 m long and 60 cm apart. Spread 25 tones
before ploughing and incorporate well.

Seed rate : 5 kg / ha

Spacing : 30  x 15 cm (Sow on both sides of ridges)


60 x 15 cm ( For seed production)

Fertilizers : Basal: 45 : 40 : 40 kg NPK/ha


Top dressing: 45 kg N at 30 days after sowing
After each harvest, apply 45 kg N/ha as basal.  
After first year apply 45:40:40 kg NPK/ha

After cultivation : First weeding on 25-30 days after sowing. After each harvest a weeding may be given before fertilization

Irrigation : Once in 7-10 days depending upon soil condition.

Plant protection : Generally not needed. If shoot fly is noticed, spray Endosulphan 35 EC 500 ml/ha or Dimethoate 30 EC 500 m
litres water. Plant protection sprays may be stopped one month before harvest of green fodder.

Harvest    

Fodder : First harvest 65-70 days after sowing and there after the ratoon crop may be harvested once in 50 days depen
flowering.

Seed : 110 – 125 days after sowing.

Storage : Fed to cattle as green fodder or dry fodder and also ensiled.
Yield    

Green fodder : 192 t/ha/year in 6-7 harvests

Seed yield : 1000 Kg/ha/year


Seeds can be harvested thrice in a year
Fresh seeds have dormancy for a period of 45-60 days and hence should be used for sowing only after 60 day

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