%D 2015
%L icrisat8680
%I David Publishing
%T Sweet Sorghum Genotypes Testing in the High Latitude Rainfed Steppes of the Northern Kazakhstan (for Feed and Biofuel)
%P 25-30
%V 4
%A R Zhapayev
%A K Iskandarova
%A K Toderich
%A I Paramonova
%A A Al-Dakheel
%A S Ismail
%A P Srinivasa Rao
%A A Omarova
%A N Nekrasova
%A D Balpanov
%A O Ten
%A E Ramanculov
%A Y Zelenskiy
%A A Akhmetova
%A M Karabayev
%R http://dx.doi.org/DOI:10.17265/2162-5263/2015.01.004
%J Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B
%X Twenty-eight sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) genotypes of the different ecological and geographic origins: Kazakhstan, Russia, India, Uzbekistan, and China were tested in the high latitude rainfed conditions of northern Kazakhstan. The genotypes demonstrated high biomass production (up to 100 t·ha-1 and more). The genotypes ripening to full reproductive seeds were selected for seed production and introduction in the northern Kazakhstan. Lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus plantarum S-1, Streptococcus thermophilus F-1 and Lactococcus lactis F-4 essentially enhance the fermentation process, suppressing undesirable microbiological processes, reducing the loss of nutrient compounds, accelerating in 2 times maturation ensilage process and providing higher quality of the feed product.
%K Sweet sorghum, ecological testing, high latitude, biomass, ensiling, climate change mitigation