Sorghum: A Multipurpose Bioenergy Crop

Rao, P S and Vinutha, K S and Kumar, G S A and Chiranjeevi, T and Uma, A and Lal, P and Prakasham, R S and Singh, H P and Sreenivasa Rao, R and Chopra, S and Jose, S (2016) Sorghum: A Multipurpose Bioenergy Crop. In: Sorghum: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America, US, 01-26. ISBN 978-0-89118-628-1

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Abstract

Bioethanol and biodiesel produced from renewable energy sources are gaining importance in light of volatile fossil fuel prices, depleting oil reserves, and increasing greenhouse effects associated with the use of fossil fuels. Among several alternative renewable energy sources, energy derived from plant biomass is found to be promising and sustainable. Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a resilient dryland cereal crop with wide adaptation having high water, nutrient, and radiation use efficiencies. This crop is expected to enhance food, feed, fodder, and fuel security. Sweet sorghum is similar to grain sorghum but has the ability to accumulate sugars in the stalks without much reduction in grain production. Hence, it is used as a first-generation biofuel feedstock, where the grain and stalk sugars can be used for producing bioenergy, while energy sorghum or biomass sorghum is increasingly viewed as a potential feedstock for lignocellulosic biofuel production. Although the commercial use of sweet sorghum for bioethanol production has been demonstrated in China and India, the viability of large-scale lignocellulosic conversion of sorghum biomass to biofuels is yet to be demonstrated. This chapter dwells on sorghum feedstock characteristics, biofuel production models, sustainability indicators, and commercialization.

Item Type:	Book Section
Divisions:	RP-Dryland Cereals
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sorghum, Sweet sorghum, Sorghum feedstock characteristics, Biofuel production, Sustainability indicators, Commercialization, Bioenergy Crop
Subjects:	Mandate crops > Sorghum
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2016 09:05
Last Modified:	22 Feb 2017 11:11
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9625
Acknowledgement:	The authors acknowledge the financial support received from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India through Indo–US Joint Clean Energy Development Centre (JCERDC) and development of low-lignin high-biomass sorghums suitable for biofuel production.
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