Interrelationship Among Biomass Related Traits and Their Role in Sweet Sorghum Cultivar Productivity in Main and Ratoon Crops

Increased global interest in biofuel feedstocks made sweet sorghum as one of the prominent energy crop suitable for both first and second generation biofuel production. An attempt has been made to critically identify the factors contributing to biomass yield and their interrelationship in sweet sorg...

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Published inSugar tech : an international journal of sugar crops & related industries Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 278 - 284
Main Authors Srinivasa Rao, P., Rathore, Abhishek, Reddy, Belum V. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Springer India 01.09.2013
Springer
Subjects
Agricultural industry
Agriculture
Biomass energy
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Life Sciences
Research Article
Growing degree days
Ratoon crop
Main crop
Biomass
Photo thermal units
Sweet sorghum
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Summary:Increased global interest in biofuel feedstocks made sweet sorghum as one of the prominent energy crop suitable for both first and second generation biofuel production. An attempt has been made to critically identify the factors contributing to biomass yield and their interrelationship in sweet sorghum plant (main) and ratoon trials. The genotypes ICSSH 28, ICSSH 58, ICSA 749 × SPV 1411, B-24 and ICSV 93046 exhibited higher ratooning efficiency. It was observed that higher the ratooning efficiency lower will be the difference between the growing degree days (GDD) of main and ratoon crop. GDD can be used as one of the selection criteria in breeding programs aiming for enhanced biomass and ratooning efficiency.
ISSN:0972-1525
0974-0740
0972-1525
DOI:10.1007/s12355-013-0231-z