Artigo
Agronomic and energetic potential of biomass sorghum genotypes
Registro en:
CASTRO, F. M. R. et al. Agronomic and energetic potential of biomass sorghum genotypes. American Journal of Plant Sciences, Irvine, v. 6, n. 11, p. 1862-1873, July 2015.
Autor
Castro, Fernanda Maria Rodrigues
Bruzi, Adriano Teodoro
Nunes, José Airton Rodrigues
Parrella, Rafael Augusto Costa
Lombardi, Gabrielle Maria Romeiro
Albuquerque, Carlos Juliano Brant
Lopes, Maurício
Institución
Resumen
The biomass sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], is an interesting crop considering the necessity
to invest in alternative sources to generate renewable energy. The objective of this experiment
was to identify sorghum biomass genotypes with greatest agronomic and energetic potential,
and verify if there is phenotypic association between agronomic and technological properties in
the hybrids. The study was conducted in three cities of the Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Lavras,
Uberlândia and Sete Lagoas). We evaluated 16 genotypes of sorghum biomass, being 14 of them
sensitive hybrids to photoperiod and two cultivars, as control, insensitive to photoperiod. The experimental
design was a triple lattice 4 × 4, with plots formed by four linear rows of 5.0 m. The
morphoagronomic traits evaluated for the three environments were: days to flowering (FLOW),
plant height (PH), number of stalks (NS) and green mass production (GMP). In the experiment
conducted in Lavras, we also evaluated the agronomic traits: stalk diameter (SD) and dry mass
production (DMP) besides the technological traits: higher heating value (HHV), crude fiber (CF),
neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF). The genotype × environment interaction
was significant for all traits. The hybrids had superior performance compared to the control
genotypes. Biomass sorghum hybrids, sensitive to photoperiod, when compared with commercial
hybrids of forage sorghum, insensitive to photoperiod, had an average production of 34 t
ha−1 dry mass with 62% humidity and higher heating value of 4.400 Kcal/Kg. There was no phenotypic
correlation between agronomic and technological traits evaluated.