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sudangrass

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  • noun A tropical grass, either of several varieties of Sorghum, from Egypt and the Sudan, used for pasture, silage and hay

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Examples

  • Two years ago, Moore and Pedersen began their project at a sewage sludge disposal site by planting several types of sorghum: grain types, forage types, tropical types, sweet sorghums, and sorghum-sudangrass hybrids.

    11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types 1996

  • "Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids are very popular now in Nebraska and other Central Plains and Midwest states," says Pedersen.

    11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types 1996

  • Recently, crosses between sorghum itself and its sudangrass subspecies (Sorghum bicolor subspecies sudanense) have produced hybrid grasses with outstanding vigor.

    10. Sorghum: Specialty Types 1996

  • Kimberly, Idaho 83341, USA (sorghum/sudangrass hybrids: sodic soils)

    Chapter 29 1996

  • Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have reclaimed marginal sodium-affected soils using sorghum (mainly the forage types called sordan and sudangrass) after just one season.

    11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types 1996

  • Saline Soils It has recently been found that crosses between sorghum and sudangrass (a special race of sorghum), have the capacity to repair saline soils made crusty by sodium compounds.

    11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types 1996

  • This use of foliage rather than grain developed after sudangrass was introduced in about 1909.

    11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types 1996

  • Some growers put in cover crops like sorghum and sudangrass, which incorporate a little organic material into the soil and out-compete any weeds that spring up.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • The key is to develop crop rotations that include biomass-producing plants such as switchgrass or sudangrass, while maintaining production of conventional staples such as soybeans and corn, because energy production cannot supplant food production.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • "So it is not a crop to be left in the field to dry and harvest in mid-winter like can be done with switchgrass or sudangrass," he said, "but forage sorghum is still a viable option for biomass production, as long as it is harvested early in the fall."

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

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