Sorghum Origin, History, Technology, and Production

by Smith, C. Wayne; Frederiksen, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780471242376
• ISBN10: 0471242373
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-25
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The newest addition to the Wiley Series in Crop Science, this book is an all-in-one guide to sorghum, one of the eight major grain crops grown worldwide. While presenting information in adequate detail for scientists, it is also an invaluable reference for growers, processors, and grain merchants.

Author Biography

C. Wayne Smith is an associate professor and director of the Archaeological Preservation Research Laboratory - APRL . He holds the INA Faculty Fellowship. Working as a conservator, he specializes in the preservation of organic artifacts using silicone oils, resins, and other polymers. Archaeological Conservation Using Polymers, his most recent work published by Texas A&M University Press, discusses practical applications for the stabilization of organic artifacts. Since 1981, he has participated in survey and shipwreck assessment in the Great Lakes and participated as a student and research assistant in excavations at Port Royal, Jamaica. Working in conjunction with Donny L. Hamilton of Texas A&M University and Dow Corning Corporation of Midland, Michigan, he has developed and patented new conservation strategies and industrial applications. He also participates in numerous joint international research projects.

Richard A. Frederiksen is the editor of Sorghum: Origin, History, Technology, and Production, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	xi
SECTION I: ORIGIN AND HISTORY	1	(224)
Origins of Domesticated Sorghum and Its Early Diffusion to India and China	3	(96)
Clarissa T. Kimber
Classification and Characterization of Sorghum	99	(32)
Jeff A. Dahlberg
Development of Some Agricultural Industries in Several African and Asian Countries	131	(60)
L. R. House
M. Gomez
D. S. Murty
Yi Sun
B. N. Verma
History of Cultivar Development in the United States: From ``Memoirs of A. B. Maunder---Sorghum Breeder''	191	(34)
C. Wayne Smith
Richard A. Frederiksen
SECTION II: THE SORGHUM PLANT	225	(174)
Physiology and Genetics of Maturity and Height	227	(34)
Page W. Morgan
Scott A. Finalyson
Genetics and Cytogenetics	261	(48)
W. L. Rooney
Collection, Conversion, and Utilization of Sorghum	309	(20)
Darrell T. Rosenow
Jeff A. Dahlberg
Techniques for Developing New Cultivars	329	(20)
W. L. Rooney
C. Wayne Smith
New Horizons in Biotechnology	349	(50)
Prasanta K. Subudhi
Henry T. Nguyen
SECTION III: PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION HAZARDS	399	(248)
Sorghum Production Statistics	401	(8)
C. Wayne Smith
Integrated Crop Management for Sorghum	409	(34)
J. T. Cothren
J. E. Matocha
L. E. Clark
Insect Pests of Sorghum	443	(54)
George L. Teetes
Bonnie B. Pendleton
Diseases and Disease Management in Sorgum	497	(38)
Richard A. Frederiksen
Weeds and Their Control in Grain Sorghum	535	(56)
Phillip W. Stahlman
Gail A. Wicks
Marketing	591	(56)
Tim Lust
G. A. Barnaby, Jr.
Dan O'Brien
Mark Waller
SECTION IV: PROCESSING AND PRODUCTS	647	(164)
Structure and Chemistry of the Sorghum Caryopsis	649	(40)
Ralph D. Wanisk
Lloyd W. Rooney
Sorghum Food and Industrial Utilization	689	(42)
Lloyd W. Rooney
Ralph D. Waniska
Value of Sorghum and Sorghum Coproducts in Diets for Livestock	731	(20)
Joe D. Hancock
Fermented Products: Beverages and Porridges	751	(46)
John Taylor
Janice Dewar
Forages and Fodder	797	(14)
Jeffrey F. Pedersen
John O. Fritz
Index	811