Yield and morpho-agronomical evaluation of food-grade white sorghum hybrids grown in Southern Italy

Autor: Gabriel Krishnamoorthy, Paola Pontieri, Domenico Pignone, Scott R. Bean, Domenica Rita Massardo, Luigi Del Giudice, Pasquale De Vita, Mitchell R. Tuinstra, Earl Roemer, Pietro Alifano, Charles Miller, Antonio Boffa
Přispěvatelé: Paola, Pontieri, Pasquale De, Vita, Antonio, Boffa, Mitchell R., Tuinstra, Scott R., Bean, Gabriel, Krishnamoorthy, Charles, Miller, Earl, Roemer, Alifano, Pietro, Domenico, Pignone, Domenica Rita, Massardo, Luigi Del, Giudice
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of plant interactions
7 (2012): 341–347.
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Paola Pontieri, Pasquale De Vita, Antonio Boffa, Mitchell R. Tuinstra, Scott R. Bean, Gabriel Krishnamoorthy, Charles Miller, Earl Roemer, Pietro Alifano, Domenico Pignone, Domenica Rita Massardo & Luigi Del Giudice/titolo:Yield and morpho-agronomical evaluation of food-grade white sorghum hybrids grown in Southern Italy/doi:/rivista:Journal of plant interactions (Print)/anno:2012/pagina_da:341/pagina_a:347/intervallo_pagine:341–347/volume:7
ISSN: 1742-9153
1742-9145
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2012.705340
Popis: Grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a gluten-free grain that is gaining attention as a food crop that can be used in the management of celiac disease. At present, sorghum is widely grown in many semiarid regions of the world. New food-grade sorghum cultivars are of particular interest in Mediterranean countries due to improved quality characteristics and gluten-free status of the grains. Until now very few studies have examined the grain yield (GYLD) and agronomic performance characteristics of food-grade sorghum hybrids in Italy. A 2 year study was conducted to evaluate the agronomic performance of eight food-grade sorghum hybrids representing different maturity classes in trials conducted in Southern Italy. The results showed wide variation in adaptation of these hybrids as measured by differences in GYLD (2.35-8.50 t ha(-1)) and other phenomorphological characteristics. Of particular interest was the fact that many of the early-flowering hybrids (e. g. SP-X303) performed better than the later-flowering hybrids (e. g. ArchX-02). These results demonstrated that flowering time of hybrid and crop cycle length are important factors to consider in selecting cultivars for production in the Mediterranean region.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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