Breeding sorghum for renewables â Dr. Bill Rooney, Texas A&M ...
Breeding sorghum for renewables â Dr. Bill Rooney, Texas A&M ...
Breeding sorghum for renewables â Dr. Bill Rooney, Texas A&M ...
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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