TY  - JOUR
AU  - Berenji, Janoš
AU  - Dahlberg, Jeff
AU  - Sikora, Vladimir
AU  - Latković, Dragana
PY  - 2011
UR  - http://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/1013
AB  - Broomcorn in South Eastern Europe (SEE) is part of an important niche market of natural, renewable brooms made from the panicles of sorghum. This article is a summary of almost 60 years of experiences concerning broomcorn research, development, and production in SEE, and more specifically in Serbia. The botanical classification, origin, history, morphology, production, cultivar choice, certified seed, improvement, and utilization of broomcorn are discussed. Its improvement through breeding and production research includes various panicle quality traits, like optimization of fiber length, improving fiber fineness and appearance, elimination of undesirable red discoloration, and adapting the crop to mechanical harvest. Broomcorn could become a suitable feed, energy, or fiber crop if improvements in seed quality, as well as stalk biomass, juiciness, and sweetness are undertaken. Broomcorns will continue to play an important role in Serbian agriculture and work will continue to breed for improvements of the crop to benefit broomcorn farmers throughout Europe and the world.
PB  - Springer, New York
T2  - Economic Botany
T1  - Origin, History, Morphology, Production, Improvement, and Utilization of Broomcorn [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in Serbia
EP  - 208
IS  - 2
SP  - 190
VL  - 65
DO  - 10.1007/s12231-011-9155-2
ER  - 

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year = "2011",
abstract = "Broomcorn in South Eastern Europe (SEE) is part of an important niche market of natural, renewable brooms made from the panicles of sorghum. This article is a summary of almost 60 years of experiences concerning broomcorn research, development, and production in SEE, and more specifically in Serbia. The botanical classification, origin, history, morphology, production, cultivar choice, certified seed, improvement, and utilization of broomcorn are discussed. Its improvement through breeding and production research includes various panicle quality traits, like optimization of fiber length, improving fiber fineness and appearance, elimination of undesirable red discoloration, and adapting the crop to mechanical harvest. Broomcorn could become a suitable feed, energy, or fiber crop if improvements in seed quality, as well as stalk biomass, juiciness, and sweetness are undertaken. Broomcorns will continue to play an important role in Serbian agriculture and work will continue to breed for improvements of the crop to benefit broomcorn farmers throughout Europe and the world.",
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Berenji, J., Dahlberg, J., Sikora, V.,& Latković, D.. (2011). Origin, History, Morphology, Production, Improvement, and Utilization of Broomcorn [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in Serbia. in Economic Botany
Springer, New York., 65(2), 190-208.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-011-9155-2

Berenji J, Dahlberg J, Sikora V, Latković D. Origin, History, Morphology, Production, Improvement, and Utilization of Broomcorn [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in Serbia. in Economic Botany. 2011;65(2):190-208.
doi:10.1007/s12231-011-9155-2 .

Berenji, Janoš, Dahlberg, Jeff, Sikora, Vladimir, Latković, Dragana, "Origin, History, Morphology, Production, Improvement, and Utilization of Broomcorn [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in Serbia" in Economic Botany, 65, no. 2 (2011):190-208,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-011-9155-2 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dahlberg, Jeff
AU  - Berenji, Janoš
AU  - Sikora, Vladimir
AU  - Latković, Dragana
PY  - 2011
UR  - http://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/996
AB  - Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] is the fifth most important cereal crop in the world; however, it has a wide range of other applications that are being explored with worldwide interest in renewable resources. The USA sorghum germplasm collection contains over 41,000 accessions that represent landraces and cultivars from over 115 countries. Traditionally, this collection has been evaluated for such traits as abiotic or biotic stress and other agronomic characteristics and little work has been done on the collection to characterize it for what might be considered "non-traditional" uses. Sorghum is a gluten-free cereal and recent research has begun to evaluate it for flour characteristics that would make it more amenable to baking and other processing technologies. New technologies are allowing sorghum germplasm to be screened for high levels of anti-oxidants that show promise in cancer research and glycemic control. In Europe, broomcorns continue to be grown for a unique market. Most recently, various forage accessions have been evaluated for their potential for renewable fuel production. Near infrared technologies have been developed to quickly and cost-effectively screen large numbers of accessions for such compositional characteristics as ash, lignin, glucan, xylan, galactan, and arabinan, all of which have unique properties related to various bioconversion technologies. Given its genetic variability, a known genomic sequence, and a robust seed industry, new utilization of sorghum within the health food market, niche utilization markets and the bioenergy arena make sorghum an attractive renewable resource for future generations.
PB  - Maydica-Ist Sper Cerealicoltur, Bergamo
T2  - Maydica
T1  - Assessing sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] germplasm for new traits: food, fuels & unique uses
EP  - 172
IS  - 2
SP  - 165
VL  - 56
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_fiver_996
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@article{
author = "Dahlberg, Jeff and Berenji, Janoš and Sikora, Vladimir and Latković, Dragana",
year = "2011",
abstract = "Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] is the fifth most important cereal crop in the world; however, it has a wide range of other applications that are being explored with worldwide interest in renewable resources. The USA sorghum germplasm collection contains over 41,000 accessions that represent landraces and cultivars from over 115 countries. Traditionally, this collection has been evaluated for such traits as abiotic or biotic stress and other agronomic characteristics and little work has been done on the collection to characterize it for what might be considered "non-traditional" uses. Sorghum is a gluten-free cereal and recent research has begun to evaluate it for flour characteristics that would make it more amenable to baking and other processing technologies. New technologies are allowing sorghum germplasm to be screened for high levels of anti-oxidants that show promise in cancer research and glycemic control. In Europe, broomcorns continue to be grown for a unique market. Most recently, various forage accessions have been evaluated for their potential for renewable fuel production. Near infrared technologies have been developed to quickly and cost-effectively screen large numbers of accessions for such compositional characteristics as ash, lignin, glucan, xylan, galactan, and arabinan, all of which have unique properties related to various bioconversion technologies. Given its genetic variability, a known genomic sequence, and a robust seed industry, new utilization of sorghum within the health food market, niche utilization markets and the bioenergy arena make sorghum an attractive renewable resource for future generations.",
publisher = "Maydica-Ist Sper Cerealicoltur, Bergamo",
journal = "Maydica",
title = "Assessing sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] germplasm for new traits: food, fuels & unique uses",
pages = "172-165",
number = "2",
volume = "56",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_fiver_996"
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Dahlberg, J., Berenji, J., Sikora, V.,& Latković, D.. (2011). Assessing sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] germplasm for new traits: food, fuels & unique uses. in Maydica
Maydica-Ist Sper Cerealicoltur, Bergamo., 56(2), 165-172.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_fiver_996

Dahlberg J, Berenji J, Sikora V, Latković D. Assessing sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] germplasm for new traits: food, fuels & unique uses. in Maydica. 2011;56(2):165-172.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_fiver_996 .

Dahlberg, Jeff, Berenji, Janoš, Sikora, Vladimir, Latković, Dragana, "Assessing sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] germplasm for new traits: food, fuels & unique uses" in Maydica, 56, no. 2 (2011):165-172,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_fiver_996 .