Comparison of two Sorghum genotypes for sugar and fiber production

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 265-272

  Dolciotti, Ivano ^a   Mambelli, Stefania ^a   Grandi, Silvia ^a   Venturi, Gianpietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fermentable sugars; Fiber; Growth analysis; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031982882     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(97)00057-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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