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Selection of restorers and varieties for stalk sugar traits in sorghum

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Title Selection of restorers and varieties for stalk sugar traits in sorghum
 
Creator Reddy, B V S
Ramaiah, B
Ashok Kumar, A
Reddy, P S
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description In India, sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is an important
staple food crop for a large population and ranks fifth in
area and production next to rice (Oryza sativa), wheat
(Triticum aestivum), maize (Zea mays) and barley
(Hordeum vulgare). Sorghums that have 10–25% sugar
in stalk juice at grain maturity are called sweet sorghums
(Harlan and deWet 1972). Sweet sorghums are
characterized by their wider adaptability, rapid growth
and sugar accumulation associated with high biomass in
the semi-arid tropics (Smith et al. 1987). The sugars
presented in the stalk juice of sweet sorghum can be
fermented and converted to ethanol using relatively
simple techniques (Smith and Reeves 1981, Hill et al.
1987, Smith et al. 1987). Sorghum stalks are ideal for
ethanol production as the ethanol is significantly cleaner
(low sulfur), and potable alcohol produced from sorghum
grains has superior quality. The feasibility of converting
stalk sugars to ethanol/syrup/jaggery on or near farms,
and the adaptability of sorghum to a wide range of
environments prompted researchers to evaluate the
potential of sweet sorghum as an alternative crop for
ethanol production (Daniel et al. 1991).
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2671/1/Selection_of_restorers_and.pdf
Reddy, B V S and Ramaiah, B and Ashok Kumar, A and Reddy, P S (2007) Selection of restorers and varieties for stalk sugar traits in sorghum. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 5 (1). pp. 1-3.