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Perennial Sorghum. Sorghum is a tropical grass species originally domesticated as a grain crop in sub-Saharan Africa about 8,000 years ago. Grain sorghum is most closely related to the perennial species Sorghum halepense, or Johnsongrass. This presents The Land Institute an opportunity to develop a perennial variety by hybridizing annual ...
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Sorghum is the world's fifth-most important cereal crop after rice, wheat, maize, and barley. [ 10 ] Sorghum is typically an annual, but some cultivars are perennial. It grows in clumps that may reach over 4 metres (13 ft) high. The grain is small, 2 to 4 millimetres (0.08 to 0.2 in) in diameter.
Sep 14, 2022 · Gardeners can grow sorghum over the summer anywhere in USDA plant hardiness zones 2 to 11. Although it is grown as an annual, sorghum is technically a perennial that loves heat. If you live in USDA hardiness zone 9 and warmer, your sorghum plant may live as a perennial. Don' be disappointed if it doesn't, however.
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Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), is an annual or short-term perennial plant belonging to the same family (Poaceae) as rice, wheat, and corn. It is believed to have originated in Africa, particularly in Ethiopia and surrounding countries ( Kimber, 2000 ).
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Kingdom – PlantaeSub-kingdom – TracheobiontaSuperdivision – SpermatophytaDivision – MagnoliophytaThe most detailed classification of Sorghum was made by Snowden (1936, 1955). He described 31 cultivated species and 17 related wild species. At present, his species are more appropriately considered to be races of one species. Snowden (1936) later sub-divided the sorghums into the following sections, sub-sections and series. 1. Section – Eu-sorghu...
The cultivated races are placed in Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor. Harlan and de Wet (1972) have developed a simplified, informal classification useful to plant breeders for the cultivated sorghums and their closest wild relatives. The cultivated taxa, covering 28 (out of 31) species of Snowden’s series Sativa belonging to a primary gene pool, are ...
- K. Hariprasanna, J. V. Patil
- 2015
Sorghum is a perennial tropical grass with a growing season of 115–140 days. The rate of growth depends upon temperature and moisture primarily, but it can also be influenced by soil fertility, insect and disease damage. 2 The optimum temperature range for growth is 12–34°C.
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Aug 26, 2016 · Sorghum is an old crop that is suddenly new again. A tall grass, looking similar to corn, reaching above 10 feet in height, sorghum is a botanical powerhouse that today’s small farmers and gardeners are rediscovering. The plant yields grain, sweet syrup, forage for livestock, and is an emerging source for biofuel.
