The screening of 50 sorghum varieties showed that, on average, germination did not affect the content in total phenolic compounds but decreased the content of proanthocyanidins, 3-deoxyanthocyanidins, and flavan-4-ols. Independent of germination, there are intervarietal differences in antioxidant activities among sorghum varieties. Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities were more positiv...

Densities of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood,were compared following summer crops of tropical corn (Zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolorL.) at several locations in north Florida. Densities of M. incognita remained low soil) following the sorghum cultivars DeKalb FS25E and DeKalh BR64 and the sorghum­ sudangrass (S. sudanense [Piper] Stapf) hybrid D...

The developmental rates of the five newly designated races of Meloidogyne naasi were compared on barley, oat and sorghum. Races 1, 2, 3 and 4 developed and reproduced on both barley and oat but not on sorghum. Race 5 developed and reproduced readily on sorghum but poorly on oat. A more rapid rate of development of Race 5 on both barley and sorghum than that of other races on barley demonstrated...

Sorghum bicolor is an ancient plant that has been cultivated in North-eastern Africa for over 5000 years [1]. This is a cane like grass, up to 6 meters tall with large branched clusters of grains. The individual grains are around 3-4 mm in diameter and vary in colour from white, red, brown, yellow, purple, to black. The leaves resemble those of maize and grow rapidly. Sorghum grains of differen...

Flaxleaf fleabane is a difficult-to-control weed in dryland minimum tillage farming systems in the northeast grains region of Australia. Experiments were conducted between 2003 and 2005 to identify effective control strategies on flaxleaf fleabane in wheat and sorghum. A preplant application of chlorsulfuron at 15 g ai/ha in wheat controlled flaxleaf fleabane $ 90%. The efficacy of early postem...

Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers with a high degree of polymorphism contribute to the molecular dissection of agriculturally important traits in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). We designed 5599 non-redundant SSR markers, including regions flanking the SSRs, in whole-genome shotgun sequences of sorghum line ATx623. (AT/TA)n repeats constituted 26.1% of all SSRs, followed by (AG/TC)n a...

Approximately 80% of sorghum phenolic compounds are linked to arabinoxylans by ester bonds, which are capable of resisting the digestion process in the upper gastrointestinal tract, compromising their bioaccessibility and biological potential. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the extrusion process on the content of phenolic compounds in sorghum bran and its impact on phenolic...

Sorghum is the world’s fifth most important cereal grain after wheat, maize, rice and barley. Sourdoughs have been successfully used to improve the quality of gluten-free bread. The production of a novel food product with improved health benefit for gluten intolerance individuals necessitated this study. Microbiological and physicochemical qualities of the bread samples were determined. Sorghum...

Attempts were made to explore the potential of hybrid sorghum (Variety CSH-9) to prepare starch by wet milling process. Starch yield from sorghum found to be 72.5 percent. The starch so prepared was further utilized for the production of carboxymethyl starch (CMS) derivative. The reaction conditions during chemical modification of sorghum starch such as reaction time and monochloroacetic (MCA) ...

Mycotoxins in food are of growing health importance due to their association with a number of human and animal diseases. In humans, mycotoxins have been associated with neural tube defects, oesophageal and liver cancer. Additionally, mycotoxins affect productivity and trade with in the affected communities. The incidence and extent of mycotoxins in sorghum and millet is not well established. Th...