OAR@ICRISATSweet Sorghum: Genetics, Breeding and CommercializationPSrinivasa RaoauthorA VUmakanthauthorB V SReddyauthorIDweikatauthorSBhargavaauthorC GKumarauthorSBraconnierauthorJ VPatilauthorThis chapter describes sweet sorghum characteristics and utilization as food and fuel; climate requirements and distribution; reproductive biology including floral biology, pollination, fertilization and seed development; genomics; genetic transformation; breeding objectives and methods; and commercialization. Full exploration of the available genetic resources through plant breeding with the aid of molecular tools could dramatically increase biomass yield of sorghum and thus meet the demand of feedstocks for biofuel production without a significant impact on our food supply and natural environment.Sorghum2013CABIBook Section

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