Soriz (grain sorghum)
Merkurii
State registryYield 9.2 t/ha
A synthetic sorghum-rice (soriz) variety, early-maturing, with a high level of drought resistance and yield stability. The variety is excellent for food-concentrate use.
Characteristics
General characteristics
- Botanical variety
- Sorghum oryzoidum
- Growing zone
- Steppe
- Growing period
- 105 – 110 days
- Plant height
- 115 – 125 cm
- Average panicle length
- 20 – 24 cm
- Average thousand-seed mass
- 40 – 42 g
- Recommended sowing dates
- optimal
- Potential yield
- 9.2 t/ha
- Use
- зерно
- Recommended density at harvest
- Steppe – 60 – 80 k/ha, Forest-Steppe – 80 – 100 k/ha
- Fat content
- 3.5 – 3.6 %
- Protein content
- 13.6 – 13.8 %
- Starch content
- 70 – 72 %
Agronomic traits
Drought resistanceLodging resistanceShattering resistanceSalt toleranceCold resistanceHeat resistance
Disease resistance
Loose smutCovered smutStem rotsAphidsBacteriosis