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Welcome to the web home for Field, Lab, Earth, the podcast from the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America. The podcast all about past and present advances in agronomic, crop, soil, and environmental sciences, our show features timely interviews with our authors about research in these fields.

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Nov 4, 2022

“Assessment of Kernel Characteristics to Predict Popping Performance in Grain Sorghum” with Kent Mitchell

Popping sorghum is a niche alternative to popcorn, with no large hulls, a neutral flavor, and smaller kernels. While the tasty snack is growing in popularity, much remains to be learned about the practices that can produce the best popping product. This episode, Mitchell discusses his research on finding the best production practices, commercial varieties, and popping quality traits for this up-and-coming snack time star.

Tune in to learn:

  • Which qualities can be used to measure popping quality in sorghum
  • How popping sorghum differs from other crops like popping corn
  • How threshing methods can affect popping ratios in sorghum
  • Which new popping sorghum shape the team discovered

If you would like more information about this topic, this episode’s paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20732

It will be freely available from 4 November to 15 November, 2022.

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If you would like to reach out to Mitchell, you can find him here:
makent1995@tamu.edu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MitchellAKent

If you would like to reach out to Paul Tietz from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here:
ptietz@uidaho.edu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uidaho_soils/

 

Resources

CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b7EC7081F-AD54-ED11-BBA3-000D3A32318B%7d

Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/1tNHyXFj3LSltWuG6pOykD0Kzdnvr-9qvfVIVsigTBIzPmbZTk9PUy6FvcUW4eQSWOBK3SsjLNefTxUjwFOtXuY_xoE?loadFrom=SharedLink

“Variation among sorghum genotypes for reduction in popping caused by threshing-induced kernel damage” published in Journal of Crop Improvement. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2021.1930315

“Registration of Tx3489 and Tx3490 sorghum germplasm with enhanced popping attributes” published in Journal of Plant Registrations. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20154

“Effects of Field Processing of Sorghum Grain on Popping Traits” published in Agronomy. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11050839

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