Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.)Moench) is a starch-rich grain similar to maize (Zea mays L.), but sorghum has been underutilized for biobased products and bioenergy. This study was designed to investigate the effects of supercritical-fluid-extrusion (SCFX) of sorghum on ethanol production. Morphology, chemical composition, and thermal properties of extruded sorghum were characterized. Analysis of...

european corn borer, ostrinia nubilalis hb. is a polyphagous insect, recognizing world widely as the predominant pest of maize. in this research the relative resistance of eleven hybrids of maize was evaluated in a field in agricultural and natural resources research center of moghan. this experiment was conducted in three replicates in a complete randomized block design. for comparison of the ...

Generation mean analysis was carried out to estimate the nature andmagnitude of gene effects for sugar yield and its component traits in sweet sorghum[Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Six basic generations, namely P1, P2, F1, F2,BC1P1, BC1P2 of four crosses involving seven diverse parents were evaluated inrainy 2009. The mean performance of the F1 in all the crosses indicated dominantgene effect fo...

Total mixed rations containing conventional forage sorghum, brown midrib (bmr)-6 forage sorghum, bmr-18 forage sorghum, or corn silage were fed to Holstein dairy cows to determine the effect on lactation, ruminal fermentation, and total tract nutrient digestion. Sixteen multiparous cows (4 ruminally fistulated; 124 d in milk) were assigned to 1 of 4 diets in a replicated Latin square design wit...

Particleboard is a product of wood technology engineering made particles and other lignocellulosic materials which are bonded with synthetic adhesives. As an information, utilization natural adhesive for particleboard still limited. This study aimed to determine the influence hybrid from citric acid sucrose properties composed Sengon veener by-products sorghum stalk. The content used was 15% 25...

Extraction of cellulose and hemicellulose from natural resources has attracted considerable interest. In comparison to other cereals, there is relatively little knowledge on the cellulose, lignin content sorghum by-products. As such, aims this study were develop a multi-step process for by-products (bran, stalk panicles) fractionation characterise them with regards their physicochemical propert...

Laccase has huge potential application in all aspects of biotechnology due to the ability laccase oxidize a wide range phenolic and non-phenolic compounds. The future success such applications requires large amounts with low costs. White-rot fungi are important groups production. In this study, three white-rot fungi, Phlebia acerina Han 618, Trametes hirsuta 726, Coriolopsis trogii 751, isolate...

The infrageneric phylogeny and temporal divergence of Sorghum were explored in the present study. Sequence data of two low-copy nuclear (LCN) genes, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase 4 (Pepc4) and granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI), from 79 accessions of Sorghum plus Cleistachne sorghoides together with those from outgroups were used for maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) an...