Sweet sorghum as a bioenergy crop: Literature review

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 348-355

  Regassa, Teshome H ^a   Wortmann, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy crop; Biomass yield; Ethanol; Fermentation; Sugar; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGARS;

BIOENERGY CROPS; BIOMASS YIELD; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; GROWING CONDITIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SUCROSE CONCENTRATION; SWEET SORGHUM; SWEET SORGHUM JUICES;

CROPS;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84899925315     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.03.052     Document Type: Review

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