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Sweet sorghum a promising bioenergy crop-phenotyping reference set for sugar content

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Title Sweet sorghum a promising bioenergy crop-phenotyping reference set for sugar content
 
Creator Upadhyaya, H D
Gowda, C L L
Reddy, V G
Dwivedi, S L
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal in the world. Grows, mainly
in semi-arid tropics and subtropics, with an annual production of 56.5
million tons from 41.5 million ha in 99 countries (http://faostat.fao.org/).
The genus Sorghum belongs to family Poaceae subfamily Panicoideae
and tribe Andropogoneae. Soaring prices of fossil-fuels and resulting
environmental pollution has increased worldwide interest in biofuels as an
alternative source of energy.
Through its pro-poor BioPower Initiative, ICRISAT has identified sorghum
as a promising bioenergy crop. Sorghum yields eight times more energy
in the form of bioethanol than is consumed for its production, thus
empowering dryland farmers to fight against climate change. Sweet
sorghum is similar to grain sorghum but with a sugar-rich stalk. Stalk juice
is used to produce bioethanol, and the residue is nutritious and good for
livestock feed.............
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2008
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5825/1/sweetsorghum_Mon_2008.pdf
Upadhyaya, H D and Gowda, C L L and Reddy, V G and Dwivedi, S L (2008) Sweet sorghum a promising bioenergy crop-phenotyping reference set for sugar content. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh India.