Ferraris, R. (1981) Early assessment of sweet sorghum as an agro-industrial crop. 2. Maturity factors. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, 21 (108). pp. 83-90.
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2 experiments were carried out at Ayr, N. Queensland, to examine maturity factors on sweet sorghum juice characteristics and yield. In the 1st experiment, 4 commercially available forage cv. (FS 25, FS 26 Sugardrip and NK 300F) were harvested at anthesis, milk dough and mature grain stage, and 10 days after maturity. In experiment 2, harvests of cv. Rio were taken at milk dough or mature grain stages on plants that had been left intact, had the panicle removed at anthesis, or had the panicle and subsequent shoots removed. Induced barrenness resulted in a higher conc. of soluble solids and sucrose in the stem over that in intact plants. The sucrose yield of stems of barren plants (up to 3.2 t/ha) equalled the carbohydrate yield as stem sucrose and grain starch in intact plants. In barren plants, leaves remained greener for longer and stems were less prone to lodging
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Division of Chemical Technology, Davies Laboratory, Townsville, Qeensland, Australia 4810 |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2013 05:00 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2013 05:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/9787 |
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