Supriya Mathur, A.V. and Umakanth, A.V. and Tonapi, V.A. and Sharma, R. and etl, .
(2017)
Sweet sorghum as biofuel feedstock:recent advances and available resources.
Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10 (146).
pp. 1-19.
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Abstract
Sweet sorghum is a promising target for biofuel production. It is a C4 crop with low input requirements and accumulates
high levels of sugars in its stalks. However, large-scale planting on marginal lands would require improved
varieties with optimized biofuel-related traits and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Considering this, many studies
have been carried out to generate genetic and genomic resources for sweet sorghum. In this review, we discuss
various attributes of sweet sorghum that make it an ideal candidate for biofuel feedstock, and provide an overview of
genetic diversity, tools, and resources available for engineering and/or marker-assisting breeding of sweet sorghum.
Finally, the progress made so far, in identification of genes/quantitative trait loci (QTLs) important for agronomic traits
and ongoing molecular breeding efforts to generate improved varieties, has been discussed.
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Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Sorghum, Biofuel, Sorghum breeding, Genomics, Feedstock, Grass genetics |
| Author Affiliation: |
Crop Genetics & Informatics Group, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| Subjects: |
Plant Production |
| Divisions: |
Sorghum |
| Depositing User: |
Mr T L Gautham
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| Date Deposited: |
07 Nov 2017 03:19 |
| Last Modified: |
07 Nov 2017 03:19 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15123 |
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