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Sweet Sorghum Maturity is Critical<br />

• Sugars are not shelf stable ….<br />

• Requires long harvest windows<br />

• Long harvest windows require<br />

– differential maturities in sweet <strong>sorghum</strong><br />

– planting and harvest plan to depoy them around<br />

a mill.<br />

• Photoperiod sensitivity influences<br />

– Days to maturity<br />

• Maturity influences<br />

– Yield and ratoon potential

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