Future prospects of sorghum growing for grain in our country

Abstract

Grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) MOENCH) is one of the worlds major crops and its importance is increasing in Serbian agriculture as well. By introduction of high yielding Fl hybrids with high quality grain i.e. "Alba Fl" and "Gold Fl" a solution has been given for cultivars selection. The specific morphology of root, stem, leaf, panicle and grain combined with the tolerance to drought and soil type enable a successful grain sorghum growing even where corn production is not economical. The diverse ways of utilization of grain, green mass or the two combined as human food and cattle feed, raw material for industry and specific uses suggest that grain sorghum has a high perspective under Serbian condition.

Sirak za zrno (Sorghum bicolor (L) MOENCH) spada među vodeće kulture u svetu, a i u našim uslovima sve vise poprima na značaju. Uvođenjem visokoprinosnih domaćih hibrida kvalitetnog zrna rešeno je pitanje sortimenta. Specifična morfologija korena, stabla, listova, metlice i zrna kao i tolerantnost prema suši i tipu zemljišta, omogućavaju gajenje sirka za zrno i tamo gde proizvodnja kukuruza nije ekonomična. Različiti načini upotrebe zrna, zelene mase ili njihove kombinacije za ljudsku i stočnu ishranu, industriju i specifične namene, ukazuju na to da sirak za zrno ima značajnu perspektivu kod nas.