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the Symposium on Wheats for More Tropical Environments - cimmyt

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334<strong>for</strong> sowing. both as a result of researchfindings and <strong>for</strong> practical reas<strong>on</strong>s.Factors that must be c<strong>on</strong>sidered by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>farmer include <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> availability of capitaland farm machinery. as well asirrigati<strong>on</strong> water. <strong>for</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> various crops of<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> rotati<strong>on</strong>s in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> different farmingschemes.SeecUDg rate aDd method of sowbagA seeding rate of 143 kg/ha isrecommended. with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> seed sown witha drill in rows 20 cm apart.FertUlzer useThe <strong>on</strong>ly fertilizer recommended isnitrogen applied at sowing as sidedressing at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> rate of 86 kg/ha.InlgatioDThe general recommendati<strong>on</strong> is toirrigate wheat every two weeks.Weed eODtrolTaking into c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> high seedrate being used and its effect insmo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ring weeds. as well as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>herbicides being used <strong>on</strong> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r crops in<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> rotati<strong>on</strong> and mechanical weedc<strong>on</strong>trol dUring land preparati<strong>on</strong>. noherbicides are officially recommended<strong>for</strong> wheat.IDseet aDd cUsease eODtrolThe <strong>on</strong>ly ec<strong>on</strong>omically important insectpest in Sudan is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> aphid and, to someextent. stem borers. Normally <strong>on</strong>e ortwo sprayings of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> appropriateinsecticide are applied dUring <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>seas<strong>on</strong>. Rust problems are ofimportance in New Halfa and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn part of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> country; hence.<strong>on</strong>ly resistant varieties arerecommended <strong>for</strong> those areas.VarietiesThe principal recommended wheatvarieties <strong>for</strong> Sudan are Mexicani,Giza 155. C<strong>on</strong>dor. Mukhtar. Shenaband Debera.When wheat is grown follOWing <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>above recommendati<strong>on</strong>s. yields as highas 3 to 3.5 t1ha are obtained <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>experiment farms at Gezira and NewHalfa. In <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn parts of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>country. yields of 4 to 4.5 t1ha areachieved.Wheat Producti<strong>on</strong>,Imports and C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> of wheat in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sudanhas c<strong>on</strong>tinued to rise, due to increasesin populati<strong>on</strong>. urbanizati<strong>on</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rising income of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> people. Table 3Table 2. Average maximum and minimum temperatures during <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> wheat producti<strong>on</strong>period in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> three wheat-growing regi<strong>on</strong>s, Sudan, 1941 to 1970Wad Medani (Gezira) Kassala (New Haifa) D<strong>on</strong>gla(central regi<strong>on</strong>) (eastern regi<strong>on</strong>) (nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn regi<strong>on</strong>)M<strong>on</strong>th Maximum Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Minimum(OC) (OC) (OC) (OC) (OC) (OC)October 37.8 21.6 36.9 23.2 38.7 21.1November 36.5 18.0 37.5 20.6 32.9 15.4December 33.8 14.5 35.0 17.0 29.0 10.7January 33.6 14.0 34.3 16.0 27.8 9.3February 35.1 14.7 35.4 16.4 29.7 10.2March 38.4 18.2 38.6 19.2 33.9 14.1Source: Sudan Meteorological Service Memo 5

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