Soil fumigation is used to eliminate plant pathogens and weeds in commercial practice and to eliminate organisms in controlled experiments, e.g., vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (VAMF). This study was conducted to study the effect of methyl bromide fumigation on plant accumulation of 14 elements and assess plant colonization by VAMF after fumigation. Field experiments were conducted near...

This study determined the DE, ME, apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of N, and N retention of spray field forages (Bermuda grass, forage sorghum, and sweet sorghum) fed to pigs and the effects of the supplemental feed enzymes on energy and N utilization. A basal diet was formulated with 96% corn and 4% amino acids, minerals, and vitamins. Test diets contained 85% basal diet + 15% Bermuda...

Sorghum is a tropical grass grown primarily in semiarid and drier parts of the world, especially areas too dry for corn. Sorghum production also leaves about 58 million tons of by-products composed mainly of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. The low lignin content of some forage sorghums such as brown midrib makes them more digestible for ethanol production. Successful use of biomass for bi...

A total of 450 1-d-old male broiler chicks were fed a corn-soy-flax meal-based diet (control), two cultivars of sorghum--Ruby Red (low tannin content) and Valpo Red (high tannin content)--were used at 10% level. Birds were slaughtered at the end of 42-d feeding trial. Boneless, skinless breast and thigh muscles were separated and ground to make patties. Half of the breast and thigh meat patties...

Cereal Chem. 67(6):529-532 The water solubilization and apparent molecular weights of starch evident, the HPSEC-determined water solubility increased with decreasing polymers from extruded corn starch and extruded decorticated sorghum extrusion moisture. Decreased water solubility of corn starch, however, flours were characterized by aqueous high-performance size-exclusion was caused by extrusi...

s Awika, J.M., L.W. Rooney, R.D. Waniska. 2000. Comparing antioxidant potential of high tannin sorghums with those of common fruits and vegetables. AACC 85th Annual Meeting, November 5-9, Kansas City, MO. Gordon, L.A., M. Mitre_Dieste, J. Awika, L.W. Rooney, L.W., E.L. Suhendro, and R.D. Waniska. 2000. Characteristics of breads baked with sorghum brans high in antioxidants. AACC 85th Annual Mee...