Evaluation of Brix and sugar content in stem juice from sorghum varieties

Grassland Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-19

  Kawahigashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kasuga, Shigemitsu ^b   Okuizumi, Hisahito ^a   Hiradate, Syuntaro ^c   Yonemaru, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Foliage production; Fructose; Glucose; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; FOLIAGE; GLUCOSE; SORGHUM; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

EID: 84874807944     PISSN: 17446961     EISSN: 1744697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grs.12006     Document Type: Article

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