Popping Sorghum Performance with Kent Mitchell

<p>“Assessment of Kernel Characteristics to Predict Popping Performance in Grain Sorghum” with Kent Mitchell</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Tune in to learn:</p> <ul> <li>Which qualities can be used to measure popping quality in sorghum</li> <li>How popping sorghum differs from other crops like popping corn</li> <li>How threshing methods can affect popping ratios in sorghum</li> <li>Which new popping sorghum shape the team discovered</li> </ul> <p>If you would like more information about this topic, this episode’s paper is available here: <a href= "https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20732">https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20732</a></p> <p>It will be freely available from 4 November to 15 November, 2022.</p> <p>Contact us at <a href= "mailto:podcast@sciencesocieties.org">podcast@sciencesocieties.org</a> or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don’t forget to subscribe. If you’d like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: <a href= "https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/">https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/</a>.</p> <p>If you would like to reach out to Mitchell, you can find him here:<br /> <a href="mailto:makent1995@tamu.edu">makent1995@tamu.edu</a><br /> Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/MitchellAKent">https://twitter.com/MitchellAKent</a></p> <p>If you would like to reach out to Paul Tietz from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here:<br /> <a href="mailto:ptietz@uidaho.edu">ptietz@uidaho.edu</a><br /> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/uidaho_soils/">https://www.instagram.com/uidaho_