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Sorghum bicolor var. sweet

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture, materials, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	27	35	8	40	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	500	1000	300	3000	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	35	40	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	5	8.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	poisonous to man or animals

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	90	300
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	starch	seeds
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
food additive	sweetener	bark
animal food (feed)	starch	seeds
animal food (feed)	minerals	bark
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
material	dye/tannin	bark
material	fibres	bark
material	canes	bark
fuels	petroleum substitutes/alcohol	bark
fuels	alcohol	bark