Comparison and Evaluation of Quality Traits between Forage Sorghum Varieties

In order to select the suitable forage sorghum varieties for planting in Tongliao,field comparisons of eight forge sorghum varieties were carried out in 2011.The characteristics including crude protein content,neuter detergent fiber content,acid detergent fiber content,fresh yield,dry yield,ratio of fresh matter to dry matter were tested.Results showed that both yield and nutritive quality of Strongman and Sweet were higher than that of the other varieties,and that there were significant differences among all tested varieties(P0.01).Grass field of Tongtian 1 was the highest one.Crude protein content of Tongtian 1 was slightly lower than that of Strongman and Sweet.Therefore,Tongtian 1,Strongman and Sweet are worthy to be promotion.