Sugar sorghum SS506, Kharkiv region.

Description
Sugar sorghum hybrid SS506, SS506

Medium-ripe

Breeding: USA

Areas of use: high-quality silage, green mass, grazing, biogas, bioethanol, sorghum syrup.

Packaging:

paper bags of 20 kg.

Seed fraction:

3.5-4.5 mm.

Seed processing:

Fungicide Maxim XL, antidote Concept III (possible use of soil herbicides Primekstra Gold and Dual Gold), Cruiser 350 FS, t.c.s. (protection of seeds and seedlings)

Directions for use:

biogas, bioethanol;
sorghum syrup and others;
high-quality silage, green mass, grazing
Morphological features:

the stem is strong, 300-400 cm high;
coefficient of bushiness: average - 4, maximum - 5-6;
broad, dark green leaves;(//tractor-service.com)
panicle is small, not dense, symmetrical, medium-sized leg;
grain brown, weight of 1000 seeds - 22 g, contains tannin
Biology of development:

the period from germination to throwing out the panicle is 80-85 days;
growing season - 125-130 days;
hybrid resistant to the background, helminthosporiosis, negrosporiosis, grain mold, wilting;
the presence of tannin in the grain allows early sowing in relatively cold soil.
Technological features:

recommended width between rows - 45-70 cm.;
The agronomically justified seeding rate is calculated taking into account moisture reserves in a meter-long soil layer and is: minimum - 160 thousand seeds/ha, optimal - 180-200 thousand seeds/ha, maximum - 220-250 thousand seeds/ha;
a hybrid of the intensive type, but with high adaptability to adverse growing conditions.
Yield:

potential: 1200-1400 c/ha;
average in Ukraine: 900-1200 t/ha
Grain quality:

protein content - 11.5%
starch content - 68%
fat content - 3.5%
tannin - up to 5%
Juice quality:

juice content: 18-19%

Country of manufacture: USA

Production type: Sowing (seeds)

Variety/Hybrid: Hybrid