Sudangrass, Sorghum sudanense, is an important forage in warm regions. But little is known about its genome. In this study, the transcriptomes of sudangrass S722 and sorghum Tx623B were sequenced by Illumina sequencing. More than 4Gb bases were sequenced for each library. For Tx623B and S722, 88.79% and 83.88% reads, respectively were matched to the Sorghum bicolor genome. A total of 2,397 diff...

This study evaluated microbial communities of soil (0–10 cm) as affected by dryland cropping systems under different tillage practices after 5 years. The soil type was an Olton sandy loam with an average of 16.4% clay, 67.6% sand and 0.65 g kg of organic matter (OM). The cropping systems evaluated were grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)— cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) (Srg-Ct), cotton-winter rye (...

The cow farmer in Padang was changed from semi-intensive to intensive because of city development. system requires farmers be forage feeding cut and carried field margins. limited knowledge smallholder about the high quality causes native grass become primary source forage; meanwhile, low nutrient content production reproduction cows. To overcome adequacy feed forage, both quantity, thus cultiv...

A field experiment to compare forage yield and quality of eight sorghum cultivars/genotypes namely JS-263, JS88, Hegari, F-9601, F-9603, F9706, F-9806 and F-9809 was conducted at the Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during the year 2008. Significant differences were observed among the genotypes for forage yield and quality. The variety F-9603 produced significantly...

Twenty-four yearling Boer × Spanish wethers were used to assess effects of different forages, either fresh (Exp. 1) or as hay (Exp. 2), on feed intake, digestibilities, heat production, and ruminal methane emission. Treatments were: 1) Sericea lespedeza (SER; Lespedeza cuneata), a legume high in condensed tannins (CT; 20% and 15% in fresh forage and hay, respectively), 2) SER supplemented with ...

Limited information is available on what forage rotations and tillage practices increase productivity in the U.S. Great Plains region. The objectives of this study were to evaluate crop rotation effects individual overall system productivity. was conducted from 2012–2020 near Garden City, KS. experiment an incomplete factorial combination four two including sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]...

Tissue disruption caused by freezing and thawing may contribute to rapid enzymatic breakdown of dhurrin [p-hydroxy-(S)mandelonitrile-p-D-glucoside], the cyanogenic glucoside of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], but published reports arenot in agreement as to the effects of freezing on the hydrocyanic acid potential (HCN-p) of field-grown sorghum leaves. Theseeffects were investigated in a ...