Prom, L.K. (2017) Sorghum production and anthracnose disease management in future global energy and food security. Journal of Plant Disease and Biomarkers, 1 (1). pp. 1-3.
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Abstract
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is the fifth most important cereal crop in world commerce, and grown in over 100 countries with uses ranging from animal feed, food, in brewery, and recently as a potential source of biofuel [1,2]. Global sorghum production in 2017 is projected to be 60.46 million metric tons, and the U.S. been the largest producer with 9.42 million metric tons, followed by Nigeria, 6.55 million metric tons, and Ethiopia, 3.77 million metric tons [3]. The need to reduce our dependency on fossil fuel and emission of greenhouse gases contributing to global warming has for years prompted governments and institutions to search for alternative sources of energy. A number of countries, including the U.S. and Brazil have used corn grain and sugarcane juice converted into ethanol as an additive into gasoline fuel for years [2,4]. These two countries produce almost 70% of the world’s supply of biofuel; however, new suppliers are emerging in the European Union and Asia [4]. Presently, China ranks fifth among the major producers of biofuel [5]. Similar to other countries, corn is the main feedstock for Chinese biofuel production [5]. More recently, sorghum is gaining importance as a potential source of biofuel due to its fermentable sugars from the juice and bagasse of sweet sorghums and from the cell walls of high-biomass genotypes, especially in the United States [2]. The U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency has set a target of 16 billion gallons for biofuel and cellulosic biofuel production by 2022 and sorghum is one of the crops expected to contribute to reach the goal [2]. Sorghum has a number of advantages as a bioenergy crop. Sorghum is often grown on marginal land with limited inputs of water and fertilizer when compared to corn, and this drought tolerance generates potential for high yield of biomass and sugars [2,6,7].
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sorghum, production,disease,food,anthracnose, management |
| Author Affiliation: | USDA-ARS, Plains Area Agricultural Research Center, College Station, Texas 77845, USA |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2017 11:17 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2017 11:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15273 |
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