ABA D. A., ABU E., CHINDO P.S., MARLE P.S., MAIGIDA D.N., OGUNGBILE A.O..
Abstract
Seven sorghum varieties and three sorghum lines were analysed for their biochemical composition, effect of malting time on cold water extract (CWE %), malting loss. Samsorg-3, Samsorg-7, Samsorg-41, SRN 4841, Samsorg-38, SSV 98001, NR 71168 and NRL 3 had protein content above 12%. SRN 4841 had the highest carbohydrate of 85.30. SRN 4841 gave highest cold water extract (CWE %) of 103.62% at day 6. There was significant (0.05) correlation between days to flowering and carbohydrate (r = 0.37). Plant height showed negative correlation to protein content. Yield was negatively significantly correlated to protein content (r = -0.545). Some of the sorghum varieties have been identified to be useful as nutritious source of food and for use in the malting industry.
Key words:
plant, sorghum, food, industrial utilization.