DETERMINATION OF PERFORMANCES SWEET SORGHUM GENOTYPES AND VARIATIONS ON A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL ZONE

This study was carried out in Antalya and Adana conditions in 2016 with 9 genotypes and 4 cultivars selected by selection method from 551 sweet sorghum genotypes obtained from World Gene Centers and determined as promising. The experiment was carried out as 4 replications in randomized blocks trial pattern. In Adana location, it was determined as follows; plant height was 200.0-67.5 cm, 50% flowering days were 50.3-96.5 days, fresh weights were 4921.2-13350.8 kgda(-1), stem weights were 4021.4-10794.6 kgda(-1), leaf weights were 511.5-1564.9 kgda(-1), bunch weights were 210.9-991.1 kgda(-1), stem diameters were 16.5-24.1 mm and stem juice yields were 542.2-3514.3 Lda(-1). In Antalya location, it was determined as follows; plant heights were 215.0-332.5 cm, 50% flowering days were 61.0-105.3 days, fresh weights were 5140.3-11648.3 kgda(-1), stem weights were 3773.5-9429.0 kgda(-1), leaf weights were 662.31779.5 kgda(-1), bunch weights were 236.8-642.3 kgda(-1), stem diameters were 12.5-22.8 mm and stem juice yields were 710.2-3701.7 Lda(-1). Experimental genotypes were superior to the control cultivars in both locations. As a result of the experiment, it was concluded that sweet sorghum genotypes were highly suitable to be cultivated in the Mediterranean coast of Turkey and because of their high biomass yield, they had the potential to be used as energy plants.