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Popped Sorghum Anyone?
Popped sorghum may not be a movie theater option in the near future, but it is gaining popularity through online and niche market sales. Researchers at Texas A&M University continue to work on sorghum varieties with good popping traits.
“Sorghum has never been bred for popping,” explains Nicholas Pugh, a gradua
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Popped Sorghum Anyone? CROPS New Techniques Popped sorghum may not be a movie theater option in the near future but it is gaining popularity through online and niche market sales Researchers at Texas A&M University continue to work on sorghum varieties with good popping traits “Sorghum has never been bred for popping ” explains Nicholas Pugh a graduate research assistant in Dr Bill Rooney’s sorghum breeding laboratory at Texas A&M It’s the white sorghum that is most suitable for popping The big difference with popped sorghum is its size “Kernels are much smaller than popped corn kernels ” Pugh says The researcher started working with sorghum lines that came from a cross originally developed to study the genetics of grain mold resistance “My studies show that it’s possible to improve popping quality Eventually we could breed hybrids ” Pugh says In 2011 he grew sorghum in three locations in Texas Planted at the end of March and harvested in mid-August the sorghum grown in the driest environment did the best Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Nicholas Pugh 2474 TAMU College Station Texas 77843 npugh@tamu edu
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