%K Bioenergy, bioethanol, sweet sorghum, water use, water use efficiency, adaptability
%A P S Rao
%A J V N S Prasad
%A A V Umakanth
%A B V S Reddy
%I The Indian Society of Dryland Agriculture
%V 26
%L icrisat7110
%J Indian Journal of Dryland Agriculture Research and Development
%N 1
%P 65-71
%D 2011
%X 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
%T Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)- A new generation water use efficient bioenergy crop