Biomass and Cellulosic Ethanol Production of Forage Sorghum Under Limited Water Conditions

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 711-718

  Cotton, Jon ^a,b   Burow, Gloria ^a   Acosta Martinez, Veronica ^a   Moore Kucera, Jennifer ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Deficit irrigation; Ethanol; Forage sorghum; Ogallala aquifer; Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

DEFICIT IRRIGATION; FORAGE SORGHUM; OGALLALA AQUIFERS; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION; WATER DEFICITS;

AQUIFERS; BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; CULTIVATION; ETHANOL; IRRIGATION; LASERS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84876965668     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-012-9285-0     Document Type: Article

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