Cultivation of Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and Determination of its Harvest Time to Make Use as the Raw Material for Fermentation, Practiced during Rainy Season in Dry Land of Indonesia

We cultivated sweet sorghum cultivars – Wray, Keller and Rio – to confirm the feasibility of cultivation in dry land of Indonesia for monosodium glutamate (MSG) production. Stem yield of Wray was 4,790 ~ 6,593 g m−2. Sweet sorghum reached anthesis at 73 days after sowing (DAS) and was harvested 3.5...

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Main Authors: Naoyuki Tsuchihashi, Yusuke Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2004-01-01
Series:Plant Production Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.7.442