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Sorghum × almum, the Columbus grass, is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. [1] Its parents are Sorghum bicolor × S. halepense (Johnsongrass). [ 2 ] Sorghum × almum is one of the most valuable livestock forage and fodder crops during summer in semi-arid and sub-humid areas worldwide. [ 3 ]
Sorghum (/ ˈ s ɔːr ɡ ə m /) or broomcorn is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family . Sorghum bicolor is grown as a cereal for human consumption and as animal fodder .
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum [2] (/ ˈ s ɔːr ɡ ə m /) and also known as great millet, [3] broomcorn, [4] guinea corn, [5] durra, [6] imphee, [7] jowar, [8] or milo, [9] is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain. The grain is used as food by humans, while the plant is used for animal feed and ethanol ...
The Andropogoneae, sometimes called the sorghum tribe, are a large tribe of grasses (family Poaceae) with roughly 1,200 species in 90 genera, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. They include such important crops as maize (corn), sugarcane , and sorghum . [ 2 ]
In the United States, Johnson grass is listed as either a noxious or quarantined weed in 19 states. [6] With Sorghum bicolor it is a parent of Sorghum × almum, a forage crop also considered a weed in places. [7] It is named after an Alabama plantation owner, Colonel William Johnson, who sowed its seeds on river-bottom farm land circa 1840. The ...
Sweet sorghum or sorgo [1] is any of the many varieties of the sorghum grass whose stalks have a high sugar content. Sweet sorghum thrives better under drier and warmer conditions than many other crops and is grown primarily for forage , silage , and syrup production.
Millet is sometimes used as a forage crop. Compared to forage sorghum, animals including lambs gain weight faster on millet, and it has better hay or silage potential, although it produces less dry matter. [64] Millet does not contain toxic prussic acid, sometimes found in sorghum. [65]
Sorghastrum is a genus of grasses, native to Africa and the Americas. [4] Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass. [5] Selected [2] [6] [5] Sorghastrum balansae (Hack.) Dávila - Paraguay; Sorghastrum brunneum Swallen - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras; Sorghastrum chaseae Swallen - Mato Grosso, Paraíba; Sorghastrum contractum (Hack ...