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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 ...
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 plant was already established in several US states a decade earlier, having been introduced as a ...
Sorghum × drummondii (Sudan grass), is a hybrid-derived species of grass raised for forage and grain, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Africa. It may also be known as Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum arundinaceum after its parents. Some authorities consider all three species to be subspecies under S. bicolor. [2]
Articles relating to Sorghum, a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family ().Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption, and some in pastures for animals.
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 .
The crop is favoured for its productivity and short growing season under hot dry conditions. The millets are sometimes understood to include the widely cultivated sorghum; apart from that, pearl millet is the most commonly cultivated of the millets. [3] Finger millet, proso millet, and foxtail millet are other important crop species. Millets ...
Sorghum arundinaceum, the common wild sorghum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. [2] It is native to Sub‑Saharan Africa, Madagascar, many of the Indian Ocean islands, and the Indian Subcontinent, and has been introduced to northern South America, the US states of California and Florida, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, New Guinea, and a number of smaller islands worldwide. [1]
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 ]