Agrinews April 2013 - Ministry of Agriculture

SORGHUM VARIETY: PHOFUPlant CharactersPhofu is an open pollinated and non- tillering sorghumvariety which reaches physiological maturity in 125-130days, with excellent milling qualities. It has the yieldpotential of 1.5-3.5tons/ha and it has a semi compact withfairly large heads and cream medium sized grain. Phofuis recommended for production throughout BotswanaPerformancePhofu has been tested for grain yield and responseto pest and disease. It was highly rated by farmers foragronomic performance, desirable flour colour and tasteof porridge prepared from its flour. Phofu has also beentested for grain and food quality by researchers, privatemillers and farmers in Botswana. Besides quality foodproducts, Phofu also produces malt with a high brewingpower (SDU value of 48.9).Seed CharacterPhofu has a corneous shaped medium size grain ofcreamy (white) colour, with white endosperm and notannin.FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Department of Agricultural ResearchPrivate Bag 0033, Gaborone.Phone: 267-366-8100