Soiul „ARGENTINA” de sorg peren a fost creat prin
selectare individuală din populații sintetice introduscente
de Sorghum almum Parodi, fam. Poaceae, este o
cultură ierbacee perenă, dezvoltă un număr considerabil
de lăstari de 250-270 cm înălțime.
Cultură cu utilitate multiplă: furaj pentru animalele de
fermă (furaj natural, fân, semifân, siloz, făină vitaminizată,
grăunțe), biomass pentru obținerea energiei renovabile și
produse tehnice.
 

The cultivar „ARGENTINA” has been created by
individual breeding of synthetic populations of Columbus
grass (perennial sorghum), Sorghum almum Parodi,
Poaceae family, herbaceous perennial plant with
numerous tillers 250-270 cm tall.
Multi-purpose crops: forage for farm animals (natural
fodder, hay, haylage, silage, vitaminized flour, grains),
biomass for renewable energy production, technical
products.
The annual productivity cv. „ARGENTINA” from three
cuts reached 61 t/ha green mass or 14 t/ha dry matter.
Feedstock for renewable energy production:
Solid biofuel: briquettes with specific density 783 kg/m3
and pellets - 1008 kg/m3, ash content 2.73-3.71 %,
potential of energy production 190-270 GJ/ha, equivalent
to 6.5-9.2 t coal or 4.6-6.4 t conventional oil.
The gas forming potential of fresh and silage mass
substrates were 546-680 l/kg; the methane yield was 279-
350 l/kg; the annual methane productivity achieved
4198 m3/ha.
The theoretical cellulosic ethanol yield: 560 l/t dry matter.
The cultivar „ARGENTINA” is useful in phytoamelioration
of salt-affected land, eroded land and
phytoremediation of contaminated land.