02088naa a2200325 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400410006010000290010124500780013026000090020852011870021765000200140465000140142465000130143865000190145165000140147065000200148465000200150465300180152465300130154265300190155565300130157470000150158770000210160270000200162370000220164370000210166577300760168620319062016-02-18       2015    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1590/S0100-204X20150012000102DOI1 aORRICO JÚNIOR, M. A. P.  aForage potential and silage quality of four varieties saccharine sorghum.  c2015  aThe objective of this work was to evaluate four cultivars of saccharine sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) regarding productivity, chemical composition of plant parts, and quality of the ensiling process. The tested varieties of saccharine sorghum were BRS 506, BRS 508, BRS 509, and BRS 511. The experiment was divided into two trials, which assessed: production, morphological composition, and nutritional quality of the saccharine varieties; and fermentation quality and nutritional value of the silage produced from the saccharine varieties. Of the tested varieties, BRS 509 and BRS 511 showed the highest total dry matter (DM) production. The BRS 508 variety presented the highest in vitro digestibility of the whole plant (70.65% DM). During ensiling, the BRS 509 variety showed the lowest DM loss (8.87%). The highest effluent production was observed for BRS 506 and BRS 508, with yields of 521.87 and 393.16 kg Mg?1 ensiled DM, respectively. The BRS 511 variety is the most recommended because of the best results for plant production and nutritional quality. Regarding the ensiling process, BRS509 presents the lowest fermentation losses and the highest nutritional value of silage.  aNutritive value  aRuminants  aForragem  aForragicultura  aRuminante  aSorghum Bicolor  aValor nutritivo  aForage system  aRoughage  aSorgo sacarino  aVolumoso1 aRETORE, M.1 aMANARELLI, D. M.1 aSOUZA, F. B. de1 aLEDESMA, L. L. M.1 aORRICO, A. C. A.  tPesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileiragv. 50, n. 12, p.1201-1207, dez. 2015.