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  • Common Name: Grain Sorghum, Broomcorn
  • Family: Poaceae or Graminae -- Grass family
  • Subfamily: Panicoideae
  • Tribe: Andropogoneae
  • Genus: Sorghum
  • Species: Sorghum bicolor
  • *2005 World Production - 56,957,314 Metric Ton
  • *2005 World Harvest - 42,685,302 Ha
  • **Genome Size 750-770 Mb
  • Chromosome number :10
  • 2n = 20
  • Photosynthetic pathway: C4
    



* Data obtained from 4
** Data obtained from Arumuganathan, K., and E. Earle, 1991. "Nuclear DNA Content of Some Important Plant Species." Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, v9, 208-218.

For more information, see also:

References:

  1. Animal Feed Resources Information System (AFRIS). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, "Sorghum bicolor" www.fao.org/ag/aga/agap/frg/afris/data/314.htm (Accessed May 18,2006).
  2. Carter, P.R.; Hicks, D.R.; Oplinger, E.S.; Doll, J.D.; Bundy, L.G.; Schuler, R.T.; and Holmes, B.J. 1989. "Grain Sorghum (Milo)." Alternative Field Crops Manual. www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/sorghum.html, (Accessed May 18,2006).
  3. Crop Plant Resources. August 24, 2000. "Sorghum: Sorghum bicolor." http://darwin.nmsu.edu/~molbio/plant/sorghum.html. (Accessed May 18,2006).
  4. FAOSTAT data, 2005
  5. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2006. Retrieved May 18, 2006, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, www.itis.usda.gov
  6. Maunder, B. 2006. "SORGHUM: The Global Grain of the Future ", from National Sorghum Producers. 2006. What is Sorghum? www.sorghumgrowers.com/Sorghum+101, (Accessed May 18,2006).
  7. National Sorghum Producers. 2006. What is Sorghum? www.sorghumgrowers.com/Sorghum+101, (Accessed May 18,2006).
  8. US Grains Council. 2006 "Sorghum" www.grains.org/page.ww?section=Barley%2C+Corn+%26+Sorghum&name=Sorghum. (Accessed May 18,2006).
  9. USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
  10. Wikipedia contributors (2006). Sorghum. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 18, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum.