<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Mechanization of sweet sorghum production and processing"^^ . "Sweet sorghum is a unique multipurpose crop and of late widely promoted\r\nas biofuel crop. Its ability to produce grains for food/feed and stalks for fuel/\r\nfeed makes it one of the popular choices in the dryland regions. This crop is\r\nnow widely grown in many of the countries as a feasible biofuel crop under\r\ndifferent climatic conditions because of short its growing period and low\r\nwater requirement (Soltani and Almodares 1994) as compared to sugarcane.\r\nWhen compared to other biofuel crops, sweet sorghum is best suited for\r\nethanol production because of its higher total reducing sugar content (Huligol\r\net al. 2004). Further, its suitability for mechanized crop production, seed\r\npropagation and higher ethanol production capacity of sweet sorghum have\r\ndrawn the attention of researchers. The bagasse from sweet sorghum after\r\nthe extraction of juice has a higher biological value in terms of micronutrients\r\nand minerals than the bagasse from sugarcane when used as animal feed\r\n(Seetharama et al. 2002). It can also be processed as a feed for ruminant\r\nanimals. The crushed stalk contains similar levels of cellulose as sugarcane\r\nbagasse, and therefore is a good prospect as raw material for pulp and\r\nbriquette making (for fuel purposes). Many attempts were made to use sweet\r\nsorghum for ethanol production in a centralized model of crushing the stalk\r\nfor juice at the industry level. However, this model had some difficulties as the\r\nraw material availability was restricted for small period in a year apart from the\r\nproblems of transportation of stalk from the farmer’s fields to distillers."^^ . "2013" . . . "International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics"^^ . . "International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "B V S"^^ . "Reddy"^^ . "B V S Reddy"^^ . . "Ch"^^ . "Ravinder Reddy"^^ . "Ch Ravinder Reddy"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Udayakumar"^^ . "M Udayakumar"^^ . . "R V"^^ . "Adake"^^ . "R V Adake"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Dange"^^ . "A Dange"^^ . . "B"^^ . "Venkateswarlu"^^ . "B Venkateswarlu"^^ . . "I"^^ . "Srinivas"^^ . "I Srinivas"^^ . . "G R"^^ . "Korwar"^^ . "G R Korwar"^^ . . . . . . "Mechanization of sweet sorghum production and processing (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "ChapV_mechnization_63-75_2013.pdf"^^ . . . "Mechanization of sweet sorghum production and processing (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Mechanization of sweet sorghum production and processing (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Mechanization of sweet sorghum production and processing (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Mechanization of sweet sorghum production and processing (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Mechanization of sweet sorghum production and processing (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #7373 \n\nMechanization of sweet sorghum production and processing\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Sorghum"@en . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . .