Considering the health benefits of extruding germinated multi-millet grains, current study emphasizes extrusion processing grain blends (sorghum millet, finger foxtail pearl and rice) in various ratios 11.5:11.5:11.5:11.5:6:4 to produce nutritionally important expanded snack products. The process was adjusted for all preparations under a controlled moisture content 20-21% (w.b.), at most stable...

Two hundred forty crossbred yearling steers (836 ± 41 lb) were blocked by weight and used in a completely randomized design study intended to determine the effects of three levels of alfalfa hay (7.5, 10, and 12.5%) in steam-flaked corn (SFC) based finishing diets containing 25% wet distiller’s grains (WDG) derived from sorghum. Inclusion of WDG tended to increase DMI (P = 0.17), reduce ADG (P ...

Loss of leaf area usually results in yield loss grain crops, but the amount varies with extent and timing defoliation. Grass such as corn sorghum, are particularly sensitive to near time seed set because there is little opportunity for plant compensate. An experiment quantify reductions associated various levels defoliation imposed at different stages sorghum development was conducted Manhattan...

Sustainable crop production is the major challenge in the current global climate change scenario. Drought stress is one of the most critical abiotic factors which negatively impact crop productivity. In recent years, knowledge about molecular regulation has been generated to understand drought stress responses. For example, information obtained by transcriptome analysis has enhanced our knowled...

Field and greenhouse studies were conducted to investigate the compatibility of MSMA in a tank mixture with glyphosate or glufosinate for broadleaf and grass weed control. Glyphosate, glufosinate, and MSMA were evaluated at 0.53, 13, and 23 rates, with 13 rates of 0.84 kg ae/ha, 0.5 kg ai/ha, and 2.2 kg ai/ha, respectively. Glyphosate and glufosinate provided similar levels of control for most ...

Millets are renowned for their climatic resilience and possess high nutritive value with wide genetic variations. In countries like India Africa, millets part of many people's regular diets rich sources protein, dietary fiber, polyphenols, minerals, vitamins, other nutrients. The proteomic signatures several millet species, including Fonio, Finger, Proso, Sorghum, Foxtail millet, were examined ...

Our objective was to measure the proximate, starch, amino acid, and mineral compositions of grains, grain co-products, and other carbohydrate sources with potential use in pet foods. Thirty-two samples from barley (barley flake, cut barley, ground pearled barley, malted barley, whole pearled barley, pearled barley flakes, and steamed rolled barley); oats (groats, ground oatmeal, ground steamed ...

Twenty graminaceous plant species were evaluated for their susceptibility to the two sorghum ergot pathogens Claviceps sorghi and Claviceps africana. Five species viz., Sorghum arundinaceum, Sorghum halepense, Sorghum versicolor, Sorghum virgatum and Pennisetum glaucum were found to become infected by both pathogens via inoculation with 10 conidia/ml. Species which did not become infected under...

Livestock form a major means of livelihood in Burkina Faso where almost 80% the rural population keep sheep and goats. However, constraint to livestock productivity is seasonal feed scarcity. To bridge increasing gap, particularly dry season, keepers are increasingly turning purchase feeds from markets, which has led emergence markets peri-urban towns cities Sahel. characterize dynamics these i...