Grain sorghum and small millet germ-plasm collection from Nandurbar district of Maharashtra state

Sorghum is the staple food of the majority of people of the predominandy tribal areas in newly constituted tribal district Nandurbar (Maharashtra). These tribals in the hills of Satpura ranges grow traditional varieties of sorghum and certain small millets. They attributed the preference to local cultivars to their good processing characteristics, acceptable quality and storability as prepared food. The local sorghum varieties like dadar are cosdier than hybrids even in the neighbouring districts of adjoining Gujarat State. The present paper reports certain landraces of sorghum and small millets collected form these areas.