Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Sorghum Volume 2: Sorghum Utilization Around the World Contributor(s): Rooney, William (Editor), Bean, S. R. (Contribution by), Ioerger, B. P. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1786761246 ISBN-13: 9781786761248 Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2018 Click for more in this series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science |
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BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science - Technology & Engineering | Pest Control |
LCCN: 2017956487 |
Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.14 lbs) 262 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Sorghum is one of the world's major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst reducing its environmental impact and adapting to the challenges of climate change. This volume summarises the wealth of research addressing these challenges. Part 1 reviews the chemistry of sorghum and its physiology, before discussing its use as a food grain, in feed and as a forage and energy crop. The second part of the book discusses ways of improving cultivation in regions such as South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this will be a standard work for cereal scientists, sorghum breeders and growers as well as government and non-government agencies supporting sorghum cultivation. It is accompanied by a companion volume which reviews genetics, breeding and production techniques. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rooney, William: - Dr William Rooney is Professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Science at Texas A&M University, USA. He has written widely on sorghum breeding and released a number of new varieties for use both in the US and Central America. He is a member and current Chair of the Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America which brings together experts from a number of universities to improve sorghum cultivation. |
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