Research Article
Characterization of Nutritional, Antinutritional, and Mineral Contents of Thirty-Five Sorghum Varieties Grown in Ethiopia
Table 1
General physical characteristics of sorghum varieties.
| | Varieties | Potential growth area | Purpose of release | Seed color |
| | Abshir | Dry lowlands (<1600 masl) | Striga resistance | White | | Gubiye | | Abuare | Early | White | | Dekeba | | Miskir | | Hormat | | ESH-1 | High yielder | White | | ESH-3 | | Gambella-1107 | | Gedo | | Red Swazi | For malt | Brown | | Macia | White | | Teshale | White | | Meko-1 | Early, quality | | Melkam |
| | Chiro | Highlands (>1900 masl) | High yielder, sweet stalk | Brown | | Al-70 | High yielder, quality | White | | Dibaba | High yielder | Brown | | Chelenko | | Muyra-1 | | Muyra-2 | White |
| | Dagem | Intermediate altitudes (1600) | High yielder | Brown | | Baji | | Birmash | | Geremew | | IS-9302 | | Aba-Melko | High yielder, disease resistance | | Lalo | | Dano | Orange |
| | Emahoy | Wet lowlands (<1600 masl) | High yielder, disease resistance | Brown | | Adukara | Red |
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