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1 online resource (151 pages). |
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text file |
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Agriculture Issues and Policies Ser.
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Agriculture Issues and Policies Ser.
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Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1; Sweet Sorghum: Agronomic Practice for Food, Animal Feed and Fuel Production in Sub-Saharan Africa; Abstract; Introduction; Sweet Sorghum Origin and Domestication; Sweet Sorghum Cultivation; Growth Stages; Sweet Sorghum Crop Morphology; Leaves and Roots Features; Panicles; Sweet Sorghum Grains; Grain Uses; Gluten-Free Sorghum Grain Brewing; African Traditional Sorghum Beer Brewing; Steeping and Germination; Mashing and Fermentation; Some Points to Note; Nutritive Value of Opaque Beers |
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Popular Locally Brewed Alcoholic Beverages in Nigeria from Sorghum and MilletBurukutu; Pito; Kunu; Gluten-Free Products and Beer from Sorghum and Related Cereals; Modern Brewing with Sorghum as Raw Material; Sweet Sorghum Stalk Juice Characteristics and Uses; Crop Harvest; Juice Extraction and Processing; Bagasse; Sweet Sorghum Crop and Diseases; Conclusion; References; Biographical Sketches; Chapter 2; Saline Soil Distribution and Sweet Sorghum Cultivation in China; Abstract; Saline Soil in the World; Saline Soil in China; Northwest Inland Extremely Arid Saline Land |
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Inland Basin Arid Saline LandNingxia-Mongolia Plateau Saline Land; Semiarid and Semihumid Saline Land in Northeast Plain; Semiarid and Semihumid Saline Land in Huanghuaihai Plain; Coastal Semihumid Saline Land; High and Cold Tibet Saline Land; Tropical and Sub-Tropical Coastal Marshes; Effect of Soil Salinity on Plant; Energy Consumption and Biomass Energy Demand in China; Sweet Sorghum; Cultivation Measures of Sweet Sorghum in Saline Soil of China; Soils; Fertilizer; Soil Preparation; Irrigation; Sowing Time; Seed Pretreatment; Method and Rate of Seeding; Plastic Film Mulching |
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Weed ControlPest Control; Harvest and Processing; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3; Sweet Sorghum Bagasse as Prospective Raw Material for Eco-Friendly Particleboard; Abstract; Potency and Characteristics of Sweet Sorghum Bagasse; Utilization of Sweet Sorghum Bagasse; Physical Properties of Particleboard Made from Sweet Sorghum Bagasse and Citric Acid; Effect of Particles Moisture and Citric Acid Contents; Effect of Pressing Temperature and Times; Enhancement of Physical Properties of Particleboard by Sucrose Addition |
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Decay and Termite Resistance and Formaldehyde Emission of Sweet Sorghum Bagasse ParticleboardDecay and Termite Resistance; Formaldehyde Emission; The Chemical Change of Sweet Sorghum Bagasse Particleboard; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Index; Blank Page |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sorghum.
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Sorghum. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rogers, Lila.
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Roger, Lila, editor.
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Willis, Mona, editor.
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Print version: Rogers, Lila. Sweet Sorghum: Characteristics, Cultivation and Uses. New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, ©2019 9781536153866 |
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1536153877 |
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9781536153873 (electronic book) |
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9781536153866 |
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