Details :
Warm-season annual grasses
Height 180-190"
Frost sensitive
Biomass 15,000-20,000 lb/a with multiple cuttings
N content about 1.5%
Forage cvs are used for green manure
Sorghum X sudangrass hybrids produce most biomass: example is 'Kow Kandy'
Some cvs, e.g., the grain sorghum (milo) cvs 'Sprint,' 'Y-300D', harbor abundant greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) and associated lady beetles and lacewings
May be used in mixes with sesbania, sunn hemp, cowpea, and buckwheat