Abstract
Abstract Aluminum (Al) tolerant sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) genotypes are needed for use on strongly acidic, infertile soils of the tropics and subtropics, where the crop is often grown in a low input, subsistence type of agriculture. Eleven genotypes were first screened for Al tolerance in greenhouse pots of acid, Al‐toxic Tatum subsoil (clayey, mixed, thermic, Typic Hapludult) at pH 4.3 and 5.3. In two subseguent experiments, four genotypes showing wide differences in acid soil tolerance in the first test were grown over pH ranges of 4.3 to 6.4 and 4.7 to 7.0. Acid soil tolerance was determined by absolute dry shoot and root weights at low pH and relative (low pH/high pH %) shoot and root weights. Genotypes differed by as much as 10 fold in relative shoot weight and 8 fold in relative root weight. Genotypic tolerances to acid, Al toxic Tatum subsoil were in good agreement with those obtained on acid field sites in Georgia and Brazil. Hence, results indicated that Al toxicity is a major selection...
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