The life of the sorghum plant begins when the seed imbibes water. This starts a chain of chemical reactions that drives the growth and development of the plant, culminating in a panicle containing ...

Grains form the base of diets around the world and each one has many benefits. This ancient grain packs a nutritional punch ...

Sorghum ergot is a fungal disease caused by Claviceps africana and is easily identified by the production of honeydew, a ...

Sorghum plants look like corn, and the seeds taste a lot like popcorn. Sorghum is a large grass from east Africa and ranges from 3 to 15 feet tall. The sorghums I grow need as little as 90 to 110 days ...

Renewed farmer interest in grain sorghum advanced acreage nearly 24% this year. The crop’s water thriftiness, price advantage compared to corn, flexibility in crop rotation as well as more forage and ...

Jeff Dahlberg with various sorghum varieties. University of California researchers are on the path to discovering genes that assist in drought resistance in sorghum, which could potentially be applied ...

Sorghum, or durra, is an important forage crop in many countries, for example the USA, Africa, China and Australia. The plant is grown instead of corn because it produces more biomass and better ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have confirmed the long-held hypothesis that sorghum deters insects from feeding on its leaves by releasing hydrogen cyanide. Mitch Tuinstra and ...

The Sorghum Connection Series, a collaboration between the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission (KGSC), K-State Extension and ...

Sorghum crops in sub-Saharan Africa suffer heavy losses from the parasitic plant witchweed (Striga hermonthica). A new study shows how soil microbes can help protect sorghum from this pest and could ...