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Sorghum—Its production, utilization and breeding

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A corn-like cereal grass which among its 400 known varieties produces broomcorn, the principal material used in the manufacture of brooms, and important edible grains of Africa and Asia—durra, kafir, milo, shallu, kaoliang, feterita and hegari.

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  1. Agronomist in charge of Sorghum Investigations, USA

    J. R. Quinby (Agronomist)

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  1. R. E. Karper
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Contribution No. 1043 from the Department of Agronomy, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas. Published with permission of the Director. Received for publication July 21, 1947.

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Karper, R.E., Quinby, J.R. Sorghum—Its production, utilization and breeding . Econ Bot 1, 355–371 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858895

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