Dong, X. and Li, Li. and Liu, R. and Gu, W. (2017) Recent Progresses on Industrialization of Sweet Sorghum at IMP. Journal of Agricultural Science, 9 (10). pp. 57-66.
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Abstract
Sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is not only an efficient and highly productive bioenergy crop that may help alleviate potential food-fuel tension caused by over-reliance on corn grain ethanol because of its outstanding features, including large amounts of fermentable carbohydrates in its juice-rich stalks, drought-tolerance, saline-alkaline resistance but also has considerable potential as food, forage crop owing to the limited availability of arable land. In this review, we have provided a brief overview of the progress that has been made in sweet sorghum industrialization at IMP range from research motivation, breeding, planting scale to products development. A conclusion is drawn that sweet sorghum industry is a systematic project, involving many key points, such as breeding, planting, production process and products sale. From a strategic and sustainability point of view, sweet sorghum is one of the most promising plants, particularly for ethanol, silage and liquor production.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Breeding, large-scale planting, products development, sweet sorghum |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2017 11:01 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2017 11:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15246 |
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