Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 2
Written by Florin MOCANU, Alin-Ionel GHIORGHE, Daniela TRIFAN, Valentin-Marius CIONTU, Beniamin-Emanuel ANDRAȘ
The paper aimed to present the study with sweet sorghum varieties carried out in Great Brăila Island, Romania in the 2022-2023 agricultural year. This year was considered by the World Meteorological Organization as the driest in the history of climate records at that time. This study was carried out by S.C. Eco-Sorghum Group S.R.L. in collaboration with the Agricultural Research and Development Station of Brăila within the research contract entitled "Testing of sweet sorghum hybrids (SAȘM 1 and SAȘM 2) and the sorghum x Sudan grass hybrid (SAȘM 4)" with the aim of high-lighting the potential for total biomass production, technological strains, juice and bagasse and the cultivation technol-ogy appropriate to meet the eco-environmental requirements of sweet sorghum. This study of hybrids was also carried out at 6 other agricultural locations in Romania placed in the county of Arad, Argeș, Brăila, Dăbuleni, Iași and the Republic of Moldova. Following this experiment, it can be demonstrated that sweet sorghum has high potential in terms of biomass production, and also in terms of the production of juice with high sugar content. This is very important for the energy sector, by using sweet sorghum as a sustainable and affordable alternative in a context where the long-term use of fossil fuels presents quite a lot of uncertainties. Also the food industry can use sweet sorghum with very good results in the production of sugar.
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