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From: Folksong based appraisal of bioecocultural heritage of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench): A new approach in ethnobiology

Figure 3

3a. Kernel smut ( Sphacelotheca sorghi ). 3b. Leaf blight and Bacterial stripe 3c. Shootfly damaged plants. Note its effect on the drying up of the central leaf 3d. Harvesting with Guzza labor sharing scheme. Before harvesting is done, the stalk are bundled to reduce lodging and for ease of harvesting 3e. Heaping sorghum on the threshing ground 3f. Heaps of sorghum of the village in common threshing ground 3g. Manual threshing 3h. Winnowing 3i. Piles of sorghum stalks 3j. Stumps removed and transported by woman for fuel use 3k. Sorghum stalk market at Alemaya commonly marketed by women 3l. A woman farmer carrying sorghum panicles for seeds to the house 3m. Pit for storage inside the house 3n. Seed panicles hanged on the roof over the kitchen 3o. A woman farmer showing germplasm storage for long period in a bottle guard. 3p. School boys and girl chewing sweet sorghum stalk

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