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Sweet Sorghum in the Philippines: Status and Future

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Title Sweet Sorghum in the Philippines: Status and Future
 
Creator Reddy, B V S
Layaoen, H
Dar, W D
Srinivasa Rao, P
Eusebio, J E
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Sweet Sorghum in the Philippines: Status and Future chronicles
sweet sorghum’s introduction, testing and selection, seed system
development, growth of the local breeding program besides the process
of sensitizing government organizations and private sector players to
the issue of biofuels. It also delves into the state-of-the-art on its R&D,
multilocation trials conducted across the country, screening for biotic
and abiotic stresses, breeding, agronomic management, post-harvest
losses, utilization, by-product development and capacity building.
Commercialization and marketing and the ethanol industry outlook are
also discussed. So are the future scenario and public-private partnerships
besides the role of ICRISAT in sweet sorghum research, development and
commercialization in the Philippines in particular and in Asia in general.
Written by highly experienced scientists from ICRISAT, MMSU and
PCARRD, this lucid and comprehensive publication is a valuable source
of information on the genesis and progress of sweet sorghum research
and development in the Philippines. It will serve as an important source of
reference to researchers, students, entrepreneurs, policymakers and other
stakeholders in the Philippines and in other countries as well.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2011
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/230/1/148_2011Sweet_sorghum_Philippines.pdf
Reddy, B V S and Layaoen, H and Dar, W D and Srinivasa Rao, P and Eusebio, J E (2011) Sweet Sorghum in the Philippines: Status and Future. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.