Conversion sweet sorghum biomass to produce value-added products [PDF]
Currently, most biotechnological products are produced from sugar- or starch-containing crops via microbial conversion, but accelerating the conflict with food supply.
Wei Hu, Libin Zhou, Ji-hong Chen
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Effects of supplementing sweet sorghum with grapeseeds on carcass parameters, and meat quality, amino acid, and fatty acid composition of lambs [PDF]
Objective Sweet sorghum is an important forage crop for ruminants, especially in low rainfall areas. Grapeseeds are an abundant by-product of wine-making and contain bioactive substances that can improve the antioxidant capacity of meat.
Jianxin Jiao +7 more
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Biochemical evaluations of Ethiopian sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] accessions for sugar production [PDF]
Sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is one of the varieties of sorghum having stalk with high concentration of soluble sugar. Biochemical evaluations of sweet sorghum enable it to determine the potential of the crop to be utilized for sugar ...
Tefera Habtegiorgis +4 more
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Interspecific Competition Between Sweet Sorghum and Weeds [PDF]
: While evidence is mounting that sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], an ethanol crop, may provide an alternative to sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) on sugarcane lands under rehabilitation, little is known of its under production limiting ...
P.R.F. GIANCOTTI +4 more
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Genetic diversity and population structure of Ethiopian Sweet Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] germplasms using SSR markers. [PDF]
Sweet sorghum is a cereal crop in the grass family belonging to the genus Sorghum bicolor L. Moench. It is known in its sugary juice that is accumulated in its stalk and efficient C4 photosynthetic pathway. Only few molecular genetic diversity studies of
Tefera Habtegiorgis Teklewold +4 more
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Enhancement of Biomass Conservation and Bioethanol Production of Sweet Sorghum Silage by Constructing Synergistic Microbial Consortia [PDF]
The efficient storage of materials before bioethanol production could be key to improving pretreatment protocol and facilitating biodegradation, in turn improving the cost-effectiveness of biomass utilization.
Yu-Xi Zhu +3 more
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Potential, economic and ecological benefits of sweet sorghum bio-industry in China [PDF]
Background Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) displays an excellent potential to serve as a non-food bioenergy feedstock for bioethanol production in China due to its high potential yield on marginal lands.
Ru Zhang +9 more
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Valorisation of insect infested sweet sorghum reeds towards production of a fermented beverage [PDF]
Sweet sorghum variety (Sorghum bicolour (L)) commonly known as sweet reeds, Ntšhe, in Setswana, is a valuable cash crop mostly for small scale farmers in Botswana and other southern African countries.
Tawanda Proceed Makopa +6 more
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Dynamic changes in carbohydrate components and the bacterial community during the ensiling of wilted and unwilted sweet sorghum [PDF]
Sweet sorghum can be used to produce a substantial quantity of biofuel due to its high biological yield and high carbohydrate content. In this study, we investigated the dynamic changes in fermentation characteristics, carbohydrate components, and the ...
Zhiqiang Sun +8 more
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Effect of different packaging materials on the efficacy of sweet flag rhizome powder (Acorus calamus L.) treated sorghum against Sitophilus oryzae [PDF]
An experiment was conducted to know the effect of different packaging materials and sweet flag rhizome on seed quality of sorghum. The graded seeds were packed in six containers viz., polythene cover, mud container, cloth bag, gunny bag, glass container ...
H. C. Latha, A. Naganagoud
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