An assessment of sweet sorghum cultivars for ethanol production

Sugar Tech

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-323

  Chavan, U D ^a   Patil, J V ^a   Shinde, M S ^a  

^a Sorghum Improvement Project   (India)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Juice quality; Sweet sorghum; Sweet sorghum genotypes; Yield

Indexed keywords

COCKSFOOT STREAK VIRUS; SUGARCANE STREAK VIRUS;

EID: 77952257441     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-009-0056-y     Document Type: Article

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