Desenvolvimento de novilhas de corte submetidas a diferentes sistemas alimentares Performance of beef heifers submitted at different feeding systems by Marta Gomes da Rocha, Alcides Pilau, Davi Teixeira dos Santos, Denise Baptaglin Montagner, Fabiana Kellermann de Freitas, Caius Barcellos de Pellegrini

“…The supplement utilized was ground sorghum on 0.7% of the live weight/day. Live weight, condition score, ovarian activity and number of heifers showing heat on period of 18 to 20 months of age were recorded. …”
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Enriquecimiento proteico de dos especies forrajeras y cáscara de piña por medio de fermentación en estado sólido by David Jiménez-Alfaro, Jorge Luis Sobalvarro-Mena, Jorge Alberto Elizondo-Salazar

“…Determinar el efecto del proceso de fermentación en estado sólido sobre los indicadores de fermentación (temperatura y pH) y la composición química del pasto taiwán (Pennisetum purpureum), sorgo negro forrajero (Sorghum almum) y cáscara de piña (Ananas comosus). …”
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Foliar application of salicylic acid inhibits the cadmium uptake and accumulation in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) by Wen Tang, Le Liang, Yongdong Xie, Xiaomei Li, Xiaomei Li, Lijin Lin, Zhi Huang, Bo Sun, Guochao Sun, Lihua Tu, Huanxiu Li, Yi Tang

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Transcriptomic Analysis of Changes in Gene Expression During Flowering Induction in Sugarcane Under Controlled Photoperiodic Conditions by João Ricardo Vieira Manechini, Paulo Henrique da Silva Santos, Elisson Romanel, Michael dos Santos Brito, Maximiliano Salles Scarpari, Stephen Jackson, Luciana Rossini Pinto, Luciana Rossini Pinto, Renato Vicentini

“…Also, out of 76 sugarcane transcripts considered putative orthologs to flowering genes from other plants (such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, and Sorghum bicolor), 21 transcripts were DE. Nine DE genes related to flowering and response to photoperiod were analyzed either at mature or spindle leaves at two development stages corresponding to the early stage of induction and inflorescence primordia formation. …”
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Desempenho produtivo de vacas da raça Gir leiteira em confinamento alimentadas com níveis de concentrado e proteína bruta nas dietas Productive performance of dairy Gyr cows in fee... by Rafael Monteiro Araújo Teixeira, Rogério de Paula Lana, Leonardo de Oliveira Fernandes, André Soares de Oliveira, Augusto César de Queiroz, Joabe Jobson de Oliveira Pimentel

“…The experimental diets were constituted of sorghum silage as roughage and concentrate at the following levels: 11.7; 23.3; 35.2 and 46.8% with four levels of crude protein (CP) (11.0; 12.0; 14.0 and 16.0%) on diet dry matter basis. …”
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The Adaptive Evolution in the Fall Armyworm <i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i> (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Revealed by the Diversity of Larval Gut Bacteria by Yan-Ping Wang, Xu Liu, Chun-Yan Yi, Xing-Yu Chen, Chang-Hua Liu, Cui-Cui Zhang, Qing-Dong Chen, Song Chen, Hong-Ling Liu, De-Qiang Pu

“…In this study, differences in the gut bacterial communities were examined for the fifth and sixth instar larvae of <i>S. frugiperda</i> fed on leaves of different host plants (corn, sorghum, highland barley, and citrus). The 16S rDNA full-length amplification and sequencing method was used to determine the abundance and diversity of gut bacteria in larval intestines. …”
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Characterization of B-BOX gene family and their expression profiles under hormonal, abiotic and metal stresses in Poaceae plants by Abdullah Shalmani, Xiu-Qing Jing, Yi Shi, Izhar Muhammad, Meng-Ru Zhou, Xiao-Yong Wei, Qiong-Qiong Chen, Wen-Qiang Li, Wen-Ting Liu, Kun-Ming Chen

“…Results In the present study we retrieved total 131 BBX members from five Poaceae species including 36 from maize, 30 from rice, 24 from sorghum, 22 from stiff brome, and 19 from Millet. …”
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Combined Di-Ammonium Phosphate and Straw Return Increase Yield in Sweet Corn by Jawad Ullah, Shanshuai Chen, Yunze Ruan, Akhtar Ali, Noor Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Nafees Ur Rehman, Pingshan Fan

“…The experiment involved the application of DAP, SSP, and NP (three different types of phosphates) and the application of crop waste byproducts, namely the residual stover left after sorghum and maize harvesting. We compared control fields with no crop waste or phosphate addition (CR0 and PS0) to experimental plots treated with various phosphates and straw return. …”
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Digestibilidade de dietas contendo resíduo úmido de mandioca em substituição ao milho para tourinhos em terminação Replacing corn grain with a wet byproduct from cassava starch ext... by José Jorge dos Santos Abrahão, Ivanor Nunes do Prado, Daniel Perotto, Lúcia Maria Zeoula, José Antônio Cogo Lançanova, Simony Marta Bernardo Lugão

“…Bulls were fed diets containing sorghum silage and one of the following levels of cassava byproduct in the concentrate: 0, 25, 50, 75 or 100%. …”
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Research Note: The comparative study of energy utilization in feedstuffs for Muscovy ducks between in vivo and in vitro by H. Wang, X.F. Zhang, S.S. Zhai, J.J. Yuan, W.C. Wang, Y.W. Zhu, L. Yang

“…Using the optimal digestion parameters for in vitro digestion, energy utilization in vitro reflected the degree of the apparent energy utilization of corn, sorghum, and barley as well as true energy utilization of soybean meal, rapeseed meal, and cottonseed meal in vivo and the variation of digestion was lower in vitro than in vivo.…”
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Comparative Genomics, Evolution, and Drought-Induced Expression of Dehydrin Genes in Model <i>Brachypodium</i> Grasses by Maria Angeles Decena, Sergio Gálvez-Rojas, Federico Agostini, Ruben Sancho, Bruno Contreras-Moreira, David L. Des Marais, Pilar Hernandez, Pilar Catalán

“…Gene expression analysis demonstrated that only four <i>Bdhn</i>1-<i>Bdhn</i>2, <i>Bdhn</i>3, and <i>Bdhn</i>7 genes, orthologs of wheat, barley, rice, sorghum, and maize genes, were expressed in mature leaves of <i>B. distachyon</i> and that all of them were more highly expressed in plants under drought conditions. …”
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Evaluación de la cepa Azospirillum brasilense Az39 como biofertilizante para el cultivo de sorgo azucarado by Noel Grellet Naval, Lucía Vera, Fernanda Leggio Neme, Pablo Fernández González, Agustín Sánchez Ducca, Juan Fernández de Ullivarri, Eduardo Raúl Romero, María Laura Tortora

“…El sorgo azucarado (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) es uno de los cultivos bioenergéticos más promisorios en el noroeste argentino y se utiliza actualmente como cultivo complementario a la caña de azúcar. …”
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Caracterización química de panojas y vainas con semillas nativas del estado de Guerrero, México, para uso en la alimentación animal by Fernando Pérez-Gil Romo, María Elena Carranco-Jáuregui, María de la Concepción Calvo-Carrillo, Lourdes Solano, Teresita de Jesús Martínez-Iturbe

“…Se seleccionaron e identificaron cinco especies forrajeras nativas del estado de Guerrero, México: Bothriochloa sp, Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers, Desmanthus virgatus (L.) …”
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Aplicación de herbicidas en rastrojo de sorgo. Eficiencia de técnicas de alto y bajo volumen by Matilde Mur, Mariano Ponce, Juan M. Vázquez, Facundo Guilino, Víctor Merani, Telmo Palancar, Roberto H. Balbuena

“… Se realizaron ensayos en campo para evaluar la eficiencia y riesgos de deriva de alternativas de aplicación de glifosato sobre rastrojo de sorgo (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). Se trabajó con una pulverizadora de botalón con dos técnicas de pulverización: Alto Volumen (AV) con pastillas Teejet® TT 11002 y 70 l ha-1 y Bajo Volumen (BV) con pastillas cono hueco Albuz® AD5 AC13 y 30 l ha-1. …”
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Uso de água e produção de tomateiro para processamento em sistema de plantio direto com palhada Water use and production of processing tomato under no-tillage system and straw mulc... by Waldir Aparecido Marouelli, Henoque Ribeiro da Silva, Nuno Rodrigo Madeira

“…<br>The work aimed to evaluate the effect of straw rates (3, 6, and 9 t ha-1 dry matter of sorghum forage), under no-tillage system, on crop water use and production of four processing tomatoes cultivars, as compared to conventional tillage system. …”
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Efectos de Chaetophractus villosus (desmarest, 1804) "peludo" sobre cultivos implantados bajo diferentes sistemas de labranza en la región agrícola de la provincia de La Pampa by M. P. Merino Tosoni, S. M. Pennisi

“…Durante las campañas 2008/09 y 2009/1 O se realizaron muestreos de cuevas y relevamiento de daños sobre cultivos de Zea mays L., maíz, Helianthus annuus L., girasol, Glycine max L., soja y Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench., sorgo, bajo SD y sobre Triticum aestivum L., trigo, en lotes implantados bajo SD, labranza convencional (LC) y vertical (LV) en establecimientos de la región centro-este de La Pampa. …”
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Screening, Identification, and Fermentation Condition Optimization of a High-Yield 3-Methylthiopropanol Yeast and Its Aroma-Producing Characteristics by Yujiao Zhang, Qi Sun, Xiaoyan Liu, Rana Abdul Basit, Jinghao Ma, Zhilei Fu, Liujie Cheng, Guangsen Fan, Chao Teng

“…Additionally, an aroma analysis revealed that the flavor substances produced by <i>S. fibuligera</i> Y1402 in sorghum hydrolysate medium was mainly composed of compounds with floral, sweet, creamy, roasted nut, and clove-like aromas. …”
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Soil P forms and P uptake P under intensive plant growth in the greenhouse by Carlos Henríquez, Randy Killorn

“…Un campo estuvo dedicado al cultivo del café (Coffea arabica var Catuai), otro a caña de azúcar (Saccharum spp. var 611721) y el tercero con bosque secundario. Sorgo (Sorghum bicolor var Glazer 41) fue sembrado en macetas de 1 litro y cosechado 4 veces en forma consecutiva. …”
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Ocorrência do ácaro fitófago Catarhinus tricholaenae Keifer (Acari: Diptilomiopidae) em cultivares de milho Bt Occurrence of the phytophagous mite Catarhinus tricholaenae Keifer (A... by Marcos Antônio Matiello Fadini, Octavio Gabryel Araujo, Simone Martins Mendes, Cidália Gabriela Santos Marinho

“…During the period from June 2010 to January 2011 were collected, every two weeks, five random samples of four leaves in plots of Bt corn containing the protein Cry 1F and Cry 1 A (b) and non-Bt corn in the experimental area of Embrapa Corn and Sorghum, Sete Lagoas, MG. The leaf samples were examined for 15 minutes in the central region of leaf in search of adult C. tricholaenae. …”
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Are smallholder farmers benefiting from malt barley contract farming engagement in Ethiopia? by Zerhun Ganewo, Temesgen Balguda, Abera Alemu, Melese Mulugeta, Tibebu Legesse, Deribe Kaske, Aneteneh Ashebir

“…Among the cereals, it is ranked in fifth place and the most important crop next to teff, sorghum, and wheat in the country. Different works of literature highlight that engagement in contract farming is one of the innovations promoted to tackle technology constraints of the smallholder farmers, as a possible solution to raising productivity and linking smallholders in the emerging modern marketing chains. …”
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