Effect of Staggered Planting on Stalk Yield, Sugar Content and Ethanol Yield of Sweet Sorghum for Increasing Harvest Window

Three varieties (SSV 84, SSV 74 and CSV 19 SS) with one hybrid (CSH 22 SS) of sweet sorghum were evaluated for their stalk yield, juice yield, sugar content and ethanol yield at different five sowing dates stats from 1st June to 1st August and at 15 days interval for increase harvest window. The sow...

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Published inSugar tech : an international journal of sugar crops & related industries Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 144 - 147
Main Authors Dalvi, U. S., Chavan, U. D., Shinde, M. S., Gadakh, S. R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Springer-Verlag 01.06.2012
Springer
Subjects
Acetaldehyde
Agriculture
Alcohol
Alcohol, Denatured
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Fruit juices
Harvesting
Life Sciences
Research Article
Cane yield
Brix
Ethanol
Sucrose
Juice quality
Sweet sorghum
Staggered planting
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Summary:Three varieties (SSV 84, SSV 74 and CSV 19 SS) with one hybrid (CSH 22 SS) of sweet sorghum were evaluated for their stalk yield, juice yield, sugar content and ethanol yield at different five sowing dates stats from 1st June to 1st August and at 15 days interval for increase harvest window. The sowing period from 1st June to 30 June was found suitable for getting highest stalk yield, juice yield and sugar content and also sweet sorghum hybrid CSH 22 SS was found promising for juice quality attributes followed by CSV 199 SS and SSV 84. In sweet sorghum stalk deterioration study it was found that the harvested stalks must be processed for juice parameters within 24 h to avoid the juice and sugar losses.
ISSN:0972-1525
0974-0740
DOI:10.1007/s12355-011-0126-9