TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Rao, P S
A1  - Prasad, J V N S
A1  - Umakanth, A V
A1  - Reddy, B V S
TI  - Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)- A new generation water use efficient bioenergy crop
UR  - http://indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijdard&volume=26&issue=1&article=009
JF  - Indian Journal of Dryland Agriculture Research and Development
SN  - 0971-2062
PB  - The Indian Society of Dryland Agriculture
N2  - Biofuels have been widely recognized as a best alternative to insulate emerging economies against fastly depleting fossil fuels coupled with highly volatile prices. Sweet sorghum is a multipurpose bioethanol feedstock with greater adaptability with triple benefits (food, fodder and fuel) and cannot be part of much debated food vs. fuel issue. This article gives a brief overview of research results on water use and water use efficiency of sweet sorghum, a new generation bioenergy crop. This feedstock performs superior at many locations in terms of resource use efficiency vis a vis sugarcane, corn and tropical sugar beet and scores fairly well for adaptation to dry land conditions due to its inherent characteristics
KW  - Bioenergy
KW  -  bioethanol
KW  -  sweet sorghum
KW  -  water use
KW  -  water use efficiency
KW  -  adaptability
Y1  - 2011///
SP  - 65
ID  - icrisat7110
EP  - 71
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
ER  -