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Title: |
Sorghum |
| Sub-title: |
Cultivation, Varieties & Uses |
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| Edited by: |
Tomás D Pereira |
| ISBN10-13: |
1612096883 : 9781612096889 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
198 |
| Weight: |
.540 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - January 2012 |
| List Price: |
123.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Agriculture & farming |
| Sorghum is an important world crop, used for food, fodder, the production of alcoholic beverages, as well as biofuels. This book presents current research in the study of the cultivation, varieties and uses of sorghum. Topics discussed include sweet sorghum as an energy crop; tolerance to aluminum and nutrient stress in sorghum cultivation and the biological activities of sorghum extract and its effect on antibiotic resistance. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Uses of Sorghum & Value Addition; Bio-Fuel Agro-Industrial Production System in Sweet Sorghum; Sweet Sorghum as an Energy Crop; Dual-Purpose Sorghum for Grain & Bioenergy Production for Semi-Arid Areas of Southern Africa; Tolerance to Aluminum & Nutrient Stress in Sorghum Grown under Simulated Conditions of Tropical Acid Soils; Biological Activities of Sorghum Extract & its Effect on Antibiotic Resistance; Roles of Sorghum Beer in East Africa: Cultural Change & Beer Commercialization in Karamoja; Bioenergy Sorghum; Chemical Composition of Forage Sorghum & Factors Responsible for Increasing Animal Production; Index. |
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