%0 Book Section
%A Rao, S S
%A Umakanth, A V
%A Patil , J V
%A Reddy, B V S
%A Ashok Kumar, A
%A Ravinder Reddy, Ch
%A Srinivasa Rao, P
%B Developing a Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Value Chain
%C Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
%D 2013
%F icrisat:7370
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
%K Sweet sorghum, Cultivar options
%P 23-37
%T Sweet sorghum cultivar options
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/7370/
%X Sweet sorghum can be grown under dryland conditions with annual rainfall  ranging from 550-750 mm. The best areas to produce this crop are Central  and South India, subtropical areas of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. It can  be grown on well-drained soils such as silt loam or sandy silt clay loam soils  with a depth of 0.75 m. Atmospheric temperatures suitable for sweet sorghum  growth vary between 15 and 37°C. Sorghum being a C4 species is adapted to  a wide range of environments with latitudes ranging from 40oN to 40oS of the  equator. Sorghum in general has relatively a deep root system (>1.5 m), and  has the unique feature of being ‘dormant’ under unfavorable conditions and  resume growth once environmental conditions are favorable