Sorghum can be cultivated in areas and environmental situations droughts and hot, which other cereals productivity is uneconomical. When sorghum sowing is accomplished in an efficient way benefits can be verified in productivity. The objective of this work was to evaluate the behavior of sorghum sowed under three levels of vertical load imposed on the press wheels of the seeder. The experiment was carried out in FAZU - Faculdades Associadas de Uberaba (MG), Brazil, with plots arranged in randomized complete block design in split-plot, with three models of press wheels and three vertical loads with five repetitions. It was observed that there were not effect of the press wheels and loads treatments in relation to the days for emergency, but the lineal regression showed significant for vertical load. The height, the medium moisture of the plants and the production of green and dry matter of the sorghum did not differ among the treatments.
emergency; mechanization; Sorghum bicolor
