Sorghum bicolor logogriph,broomcorn, durra, forage sorghum, grain sorghum, great millet, Kaffir-corn, milo, shallu sorghum, sweet sorghum,Milo,sorgo, gros mil, sorgho,daza, sorgo forrajero?

Contents

• Basic Botanical Info:Sorghum bicolor.
• Sorghum bicolor Basic Botanical Description.
• Distribution and Habitat of Sorghum bicolor.
• Sorghum bicolor PhytoChemistry and Constituents.
• History:Grain Sorghum (Milo).
• Uses in Common of Grain Sorghum.
• Economics of Production and Markets.
• Sweet sorghum in China.
• Research Update:Sorghum bicolor.

Distribution and Habitat of Sorghum bicolor.:

;This crop plant has been cultivated in southern Africa for over 3 000 years.

 Sorghum bicolor is an African crop, which is widely distributed throughout the world. Different cultivars are found in different regions depending on the climate. It is adapted to a wider range of ecological conditions. It is mostly a plant of hot, dry regions; still survive in a cool weather as well as waterlogged habitat.

 According to People's Plants 2000 the most common cultivar in South Africa has compact elongated heads and was previously known as S .cafferorum. A form (previously known as S. dochna) with more sparse open heads is often grown for its sweet canes which are chewed like sugar cane.

 Ecology:Self-pollination and cross-pollination by wind.
 Origin: Africa. Time of introduction: Sorghum was introduced to the United States from Africa in the early part of the seventeenth century.
 

 Growth habit Regrowth type:

 Sorghums have a bunch growth habit with few to many upright tillers. Forage and grain sorghums tiller less than sudangrass and sorghum x sudangrass hybrids.
 Invasive potential: Low. Sorghum requires full seed-bed preparation for good performance.

Reference:

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♣ last edit date:22nd,Oct.2010.