SPV 422 Sorghum: Characteristics
SPV 422 sorghum is a sweet sorghum OPV variety, also sold or known as sweet sorghum SPV 422. It is not a registered variety, so the facts here come from its seller and farm sources.
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for sweet sorghum SPV 422, this is the same sorghum. The facts below come from its seller and from farm sources, each one listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our sorghum variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Land preparation for corn and grains.
- Type: Sweet sorghum OPV.
Key facts about SPV 422 sorghum
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Also known as | sweet sorghum SPV 422 |
| Type | Sweet sorghum OPV |
| Days to harvest, per the seller | crop cycle about 3 to 4 months (general figure for these lines), allowing two crops a year |
| Yield, per the seller | MMSU tests of the introduced lines gave 43 to 65 t/ha of stalks and 3.28 to 4.4 t/ha of grain (range across lines, not this variety alone) |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
Days to harvest, by the seller's count: crop cycle about 3 to 4 months (general figure for these lines), allowing two crops a year. Yield, by the seller's count: MMSU tests of the introduced lines gave 43 to 65 t/ha of stalks and 3.28 to 4.4 t/ha of grain (range across lines, not this variety alone). No trial on record checks these figures yet, so treat them as the seller's own and compare with farms near you before you plan a season around it.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit sorghum fields most often: Rice birds (maya), anthracnose, Asian corn borer, Corn downy mildew, Corn earworm. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Days to harvest: Crop cycle about 3 to 4 months (general figure for these lines), allowing two crops a year.
- Yield: MMSU tests of the introduced lines gave 43 to 65 t/ha of stalks and 3.28 to 4.4 t/ha of grain (range across lines, not this variety alone).
- Season: Dry or wet season, fits after rice.
- Where: MMSU Batac, Ilocos Norte, DA Bicol research center, the trials.
- Topped the other lines in stalk yield, grain yield and sugar content in early MMSU results.
- Juicy stalks.
- Can be ratooned.
Why farmers know it: best of the ICRISAT lines in MMSU's first trials (highest stalk, grain and sugar), one of five lines found adapted after trials at 58 PH sites. Check these against what farmers near you have seen, because the same variety can do differently from one town to the next.
Where and when to plant SPV 422 sorghum
Sorghum stands drought better than corn, so it fits the dry season and dry uplands. Pick by use: grain for food and feed, or sweet sorghum for juice and syrup.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
Start freeSorghum varieties like this one
These are the closest matches among the sorghum varieties we list. So if seed of this one is hard to find, compare these first.
- ICSV 93046
- NTJ 2
- ABS763 (TR) F1
- IES Sor 4: about 99 days, 6.2 t/ha, 1996
Is sweet sorghum SPV 422 the same as SPV 422?
Where can I buy seed of SPV 422?
See how SPV 422 will do on your farm
With Libre + Anee, see its full record: how it yields, its strengths and weaknesses against pests, diseases and the weather, and whether it fits your farm, your season and your soil.
The account is free, no credit card.
