Sweet Sorghum as Feedstock for Biofuel Production: A Review

Sugar Tech

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-407

  Ratnavathi, C V ^a   Chakravarthy, S Kalyana ^a   Komala, V V ^a   Chavan, U D ^b   Patil, J V ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MILLETS RESEARCH   (India)

^b Sorghum Research Station Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidya Peeth   (India)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Feedstock; Fermentation efficiency; Sucrose; Sweet sorghum; Total sugars

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 81355147851     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-011-0112-2     Document Type: Review

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