#droppings

The rainfall anomalies due to climate change, which result in a greater occurrence of pockets of drought during the cropping cycle coupled with the decline in soil fertility, disrupt cereal production. To cope with this situation, new cultivation practices must be considered. It is in this context that this study was undertaken in Korhogo, in the Center-North of Côte d’Ivoire. Its objective was to determine the effects of sowing date and fertilization on the phenology and growth parameters of a late variety of millet. Thus, two trials were set up according to an experimental set-up in randomized complete blocks with three repetitions, with the main factor being the sowing date and the fertilizers as a secondary factor. The results showed that the vegetative phase received sufficient water unlike the reproductive phase regardless of the sowing date. Phenologically, the combined action of the different sowing dates and fertilization influenced the variety of millet studied. Our results show a shortening of the vegetative phase at the second sowing date due to the known photosensitivity of late millet. With regard to the growth parameters, mineral manure favored better growth and good development of the plants at sowing 2. However, the sowing date 1 was the most suitable for a good evolution of these parameters.