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ReviewBiotechnology for biofuels2017

Sweet sorghum as biofuel feedstock: recent advances and available resources.

Supriya Mathur, A V Umakanth, V A Tonapi, Rita Sharma, Manoj K Sharma

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Review in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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  14. Production of bioethanol from sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor L.] juice using yeast isolated from fermented sweet sorghum juice.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2024
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5 authors.

Supriya MathurCrop Genetics & Informatics Group, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
A V UmakanthIndian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, India.
V A TonapiIndian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, India.
Rita SharmaCrop Genetics & Informatics Group, School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Manoj K SharmaCrop Genetics & Informatics Group, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4768-8733

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sweet sorghum is a promising target for biofuel production. It is a C4 crop with low input requirements and accumulates high levels of sugars in its stalks. However, large-scale planting on marginal lands would require improved varieties with optimized biofuel-related traits and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Considering this, many studies have been carried out to generate genetic and genomic resources for sweet sorghum. In this review, we discuss various attributes of sweet sorghum that make it an ideal candidate for biofuel feedstock, and provide an overview of genetic diversity, tools, and resources available for engineering and/or marker-assisting breeding of sweet sorghum. Finally, the progress made so far, in identification of genes/quantitative trait loci (QTLs) important for agronomic traits and ongoing molecular breeding efforts to generate improved varieties, has been discussed.

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BiofuelFeedstockGenomicsGrass geneticsSorghumSorghum breeding

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PMID28603553
PMCPMC5465577

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