Progress Report Series No. 78 Arl16
A gr ic ulItu ralI Experiment Sta tion
[. V. Smith, Director
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Sorghum Grass and Perennial
Sweet Sorgrass for Alabama
C. S. HOVELAND ao A As o,,oo
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xated fields.
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ORIGIN AND DESCRIPTION
I ilic Ai if$00glib iii(lOiii It is a 1 iat iid Ili\ 1)lid(
0111l11, xiiiAC~ ilrax \iii( ii iiit ki xiii it5 \i ars -(I').
It ha's gi ox illi \iixtrllia, \ c\\ z/cutLild iiillni
States ill the i i I94(Yx. Ii c ilajioi cmiiiicia
Aiistiroli~t dliii NXx~ /ieilmiil ii 1952.
Figure Lornporson of Sorghum aimrum, let, wimth Johnson-
grass, right, at Auburn on July 28 shows regrowth after cutting
on June 18.
Auburn, Alabama
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jilolxi 4 asx ])[it h as tlicikci ,tci i aiid xx udcr
thoc iliiii4i''s. Il icd are ',(((ll xld spredx ilioci
di0 Ll- c( th ii ti iisxi of' jli i xii 4adx. I ix(\ (F,
it is diifficuIt tio iitii 4u liih the xi((1 I lili Ioiiliioul
xx siCi. TIl i zomclil iis iol riiotstoc~ks mlri thick,
ixiii~l i I ilatM ( hii('i alild 4icitc thaii
tImot (dli i xi 4x i- xxx (it xi (Liil
PIii d iiju xx (t solii 4iilxx ( S0/4l-1Il Ii/lwnw'u ,
X S. xii(iliiixi is a Sx , ithitic tctiilpli (J tie Sol.-
4li ii x ics (i lopilld rcl caxii lix thi Texas
x-icii i i li t~f mi in ici st~n 4rdx xxll ox li l-
igure 2. Comrpoiison of Johnsongross, le.ft, with perennial sweet
sorgross, right, at Auburn on July 28 shows rcgrowth after
cutting on June 18.
April 1960
1Im tlittI II cI It \\ ith citliiic iRti crosstt \X ih
)hnllSl,lyrlass b\ \X ork( s A ( ol1ill t Ii\ (,].Sit\ ill
1 941. T]I is I I\X 1)i1( IX wits tillI \\itlI s\\ (itt So Iit I I
lii lillier I lll1l 0111 (5 d-IS t liii (soll iit.s SI) tit(SI
tXwo gratsses tian lht toxpet(tl to iiitlljlIss Iil
I~lltiiiiliSXX(I(t S"il-lit~s is it tatI I4(i i Icill
plitilt. 1reaehiig it a Iii"lit oI (6 to S hvlt, 2. I _
Ylwraiss, tlIiit -l siii;tllei] thltii thiose of 511141 Iliiil
On1Iss. T]it( steii Is, like( s ( I i (L i I5 . 1 X itiv t
in i joitc\ .Ilitel plit it ill plvodl ee Iii tin IX I h
oi Stalks. PcricimialS ttsd m 1 (,iss, lus il\ l 411(dim
statlks ill tihe "o
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it eiliki is joll lso ii 1 15 stcd . S(((l 51ilam
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sI iitpll-( Si hIrt to sXX teot midil(li 115. 
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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS
I )iltt I ((iii -Ii 1)1)1l( 4 it S itt 11)111 110( ioll" illI
WIiia esXXtabtishedIS XXt ese 111(2111 ,uits it)X ti lll
flintl Swee(t slll41itssatB werc til i p(1i ill tI t hiil
illit att lTallasset ait
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At\nl 11 tlictrt \\its little, tilcr
(l beletXX ((I the two I 'rritsowis
Standits IIf both Iii'XX (yl:IitssXI SI (,\iX,. dc-
pletet i -II the1 t il Xuir fiollo\XXill(' the firstlii et
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F-igure 3. Late growth of sorghum grass, left, is compared with
Johnsongrass, right, at Tallassec, ,cptcmber 23.
1Wll XXk ( Ji lii ii to tI sc (d j(Ii nSoI 141 tss at Till
I~S ( Iiti 1,1ii oi Jill itt ioll. Hwdt l ict (((I ill st~t lld
11:t I t posil I iis ts m-i c I \IIX e 
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