Preservation of sorghum plant portions harvested at ten stages of maturity

Schake, L.M. and Ellis, W.C. and Suarez, W.A. and Riggs, J.K. (1981) Preservation of sorghum plant portions harvested at ten stages of maturity. Technical Report. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas, USA.

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Abstract

Two varieties of grain sorghum were cultured and harvested at 10 intervals from 35 to 189 days post planting. Leaf, stem, and head portions were separated before being prepared for chemical analysis or ensiled for 30 days in I-liter silos. The taller variety (FSIb) accumulated 60 percent more dry matter than ORO-T with advancing plant maturity while wholepant crude protein content decreased from near 20 to ess than 7 percent for both varieties...

Item Type: Monograph (Technical Report)
Subjects: Crop Improvement > Genetics/Genomics
Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding
Divisions: Sorghum
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2013 07:54
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2013 07:54
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/9702

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