Sorghum - a versatile, multi-purpose biomass crop

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Biosources Dig.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6742295

Clark, J W; Jolts, E J; Miller, F R

Sorghums are versatile, energy-efficient plants that exhibit excellent potentials for multi-product use. Grain sorghum, although already a major feed and food crop, offers promise as a source of starch and sugar for fermentation alcohol, as well as a number of fiber products. Sweet sorghum, a variety rich in extractable fermentable sugars, is now in limited production, but can be a major sugar, grain, forage, fuel and industrial products raw material. Sorghums can be grown in virtually every state. The need for multi-product crops to improve agricultural land productivities and to offset increasing cultural costs is detailed. Results of continuing plant breeding work to enhance sorghum varieties for multiple uses are discussed.

• Research Organization: Soil and Crop Sciences Dept, and Forest Science Dept, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A and M Univ, College Station, TX 77843
• OSTI ID: 6742295
• Journal Information: Biosources Dig.; (United States), Vol. 3:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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