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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (21): 82-85.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb15010140

Special Issue: 现代农业发展与乡村振兴

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Development Prospect of Sorghum bicolor in Jiangsu

  

  • Received:2015-01-20 Revised:2015-07-01 Accepted:2015-03-11 Online:2015-07-28 Published:2015-07-28

Abstract: Sorghum bicolor ranks as the fifth grain crops in China, it has the typical properties of resistance to arid and saline- alkali, and is mainly used for brewing. Jiangsu has many wine factories, which have strong demand for Sorghum bicolor grain. At the same time, Jiangsu possesses abundant marginal land including tideland resources along the coast and semi-arid land along the interior hilly terrain to grow sorghum. In this paper, we analyzed the developing prospect for this crop in Jiangsu and the problems for its production, at the same time, discussed the possible utilization fields of sorghum in the future.