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Forage value of Sudan grass

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase

Sudan grass is used to establish a green forage conveyor and to produce high-quality hay and silage due to its high regrowth rate and excellent nutritional characteristics.

In the reference 64 varieties crop Sudangrass, where this is mentioned in the description.

The crop possesses a high regeneration rate after mowing or grazing, providing up to 3–5 cuts per season by regrowing shoots from tillering nodes, stem nodes, and cut stems. In terms of digestible protein, sugars, and ash content, the green mass and hay of Sudan grass outperform most other cereal grasses, and it is characterized by high palatability for livestock.

Unlike sorghum-sudangrass hybrids, Sudan grass has thinner stems, which makes it preferable for producing high-quality hay. The crop is capable of accumulating cyanogenic glycosides; however, the risk of prussic acid poisoning is lower than in sorghum and hybrid forms, allowing for its effective use for both grazing and haymaking.

General information about the subject — on the page Forage purpose.

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Varieties of Sudangrass mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Enorma

Withdrawn

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

CAL-WEST SEEDS

IT
1 record

Samira

Active

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Alfaseed Kft, Budapest

HU
1 record

GW475 BMR

Withdrawn

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

GAYLAND WARD SEED CO. INC.

IT
1 record

Latte BMR

Withdrawn

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

DESERT SUN MARKETING COMPANY INC

IT
1 record

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Advanta Seeds International (MU)

FR
1 record

Zoeldoezoen

Terminated

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Feczak Janos / Pongracz Sandor / Gombos Tamas / Siklosine Rajki Erzsebet

HU
1 record

Kovalivska

Terminated

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Korobko IUliia Anatoliivna, Kravchenko Viktor Mykolaiovych, TROTsENKO Anatolii Hryhorovych, Borysov Viktor Mykolaiovych,

UA
2 records

F-800

Withdrawn

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

FORRATEC ARGENTINA SA

IT
1 record

BMR2

Withdrawn

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

M.M.R. GENETICS (US)

FR
1 record

Sudax ST 6

Terminated

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Dekalb Genetics Corporation (usa) (US)

FR
1 record

ADV S6218

Application submitted

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Advanta Seed International

IT
1 record

Super Sugar

Application submitted

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

GAYLAND WARD SEED CO. INC.

IT
1 record

ADV S6525

Application submitted

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Advanta Seed International

IT
1 record

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

GAYLAND WARD SEED CO. INC.

IT
1 record

NS Džin

Active

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Institut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo, Novi Sad, Srbija

SI
1 record

Satiro

Withdrawn

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

CREA - CENTRO DI RICERCA PER LA ZOOTECNIA ED ACQUACOLTURA (CREA-ZA)

IT
1 record

Sweet Six BMR

Application submitted

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

GAYLAND WARD SEED CO. INC.

IT
1 record

GW600 BMR

Withdrawn

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

GAYLAND WARD SEED CO. INC.

IT
1 record

Biliavka

Active

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Shevchenko Tetiana Anatoliivna, Babych Anatolii Oleksandrovych, Samoilenko Valentyna Vasylivna, Samoilenko Anatolii Terentiiovych,

UA
2 records

Strateia

Active

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Kalashnyk Mykola Strateievych, Shevchenko Tetiana Anatoliivna, Samoilenko Anatolii Terentiievych, Yalanskyi Oleksandr Volodymyrovych,

UA
4 records

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Prymak Iryna IUriivna, Karanda Tetiana Mykolaivna, Farafonov Viktor Anatoliiovych, Barbaruk Valentyna Tadeushivna, Piter Bohdan Chykaliuk, Larri Richardson,

UA
1 record

Henichanka

Terminated

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

UA
2 records

Savana

Protection expired

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

Zavod za hmelj, sirak i lek. bilje (YU)

SI
1 record

Catinca

Terminated

Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase · Sudangrass

1 record