Temperate zone sweet sorghumethanol production potential

Smith, G. A.; Buxton, D. R.

doi:10.1016/0960-8524(93)90086-q

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“…In Mississippi U.S.A., stalk yield was 24% more with the application of 45 kg ha -1 N compared to no N applied, but similar to the yield with application of 90 kg ha -1 N or with P application (Freeman & Broadhead, 1973). In other studies, fermentable sugar yield (Smith & Buxton, 1993), stalk dry matter yield at harvest (Barbanti et al, 2006), and fermentable carbohydrate and ethanol yield were not affected by N application. In Texas U.S.A., total dissolved solids in juice decreased when a high N rate was applied (Wiendenfeld, 1984).…”

Section: Fertilizer Usementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Higher yields were reported for Florida U.S.A., ranging up to 17 Mg ha -1 (Vermerris et al, 2008). In the temperate U.S.A., sugar yields of sweet sorghum were as high as 6 Mg ha -1 with a sugar composition of 54% sucrose, 26% glucose, and 20% fructose (Smith & Buxton, 1993). Across seven site-years in Nebraska U.S.A. between 40.5 and 41.1 o N latitude, sugar yield averaged 2.1 Mg ha -1 for a semi-arid site at 1300 m above sea level to 6.2 Mg ha -1 at lower altitude locations with a longer growing season.…”

Section: Sugar Yieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The theoretical yield of ethanol, which has a weight of 789 g L -1 , was determined to be 720, 646, 680, and 370 L Mg -1 for starch, glucose or fructose, sucrose, and maize grain, respectively (Smith & Buxton, 1993). They estimated that 5% of the sugar is used to produce microbial growth and non-ethanol products.…”

Section: Fermentation Efficiency and Ethanol Yieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sweet Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop for the US Great Plains

Wortmann¹,

Regassa²

2011

Economic Effects of Biofuel Production

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Section: Fertilizer Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sugar Yieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Fermentation Efficiency and Ethanol Yieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sweet Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop for the US Great Plains

Wortmann¹,

Regassa²

2011

Economic Effects of Biofuel Production

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“…of larvae /15 plants. Smith and Buxton (1993)].  Total Soluble Solids (TSS or Brix), Sucrose % (Pol), Reducing Sugars and Purity percentages in the extracted juice from stalks were determined according to the methods of Meade and Chen (1977).…”

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Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on the Productivity and Sensitivity of Two Sweet Sorghum Varieties to Pink Stem Borer (Sesamia cretica led.) Infestation

2016

AJAS

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Two field experiments were conducted at Agriculture Faculty farm of Demo (29°17 N; 30°53 E) El-Fayoum University, Egypt, during 2013 and 2014 to study the effect of three nitrogen rates, i.e. 80, 100 and 120 kg N/fed. on the damage cause by pink stem borer infestation [Sesamia cretica Lederer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)] under natural infestation, on stem characteristics, quality and yield traits. In addition to theoretical ethanol production of two sweet sorghum varieties (Brandes and Honey).Data obtained revealed that: Brandes variety is more tolerant to pink stem borer attack which recorded less damage sings measured in this study by many damage expressions. Moreover, Brandes exhibited better productivity traits (stalk, juice, syrup, grain, forage and ethanol yields) as well as quality traits (TSS, sucrose, reducing sugars, Total fermentable sugars and purity).The results also showed that application of the highest nitrogen rate (120 kg N/fed.) increased all borer infestation features, productivity and quality traits.The interaction between both variables markedly affected most studied traits, but in general, Brandes variety fertilized by the highest N rate exhibited the higher productivity and quality traits and the lower damage signs or to some extend characterized as moderate tolerance to pink borer infestation.

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“…Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor Moench), which accumulates large amounts of sugar in its stems, can be used to produce bioethanol fuel (Monk et al, 1984;Smith & Buxton, 1993). In recent years, it is also anticipated for use as a raw material for the production of biomethanol and cellulosic biofuels (Kobayashi, 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Relation between seeding times and stem yield of sorghum in cold region in Japan

Fujii

Nakamura

Nabeya

et al. 2016

Plant Production Science

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The seeding time is an important factor affecting the process of stem yield. Nevertheless, details related to the optimum seeding time to maximize the stem yield of sweet sorghum have not been studied. This study elucidated information necessary to ascertain the optimum seeding time to obtain the maximum stem yield. We conducted an examination with three seeding times at intervals of two weeks, ranging from late May to mid-June for four years during 2009-2012, and we analyzed the relation between seeding times and stem yield based on internode characteristics of stems using two sorghum cultivars with different maturity: 'Kazetachi' and 'Wray' . Differences were observed in the respective relations between the seeding times and the stem yields. For Kazetachi, the dry matter yield increased with the earlier seeding time. Thus, to expand the growing period, an earlier seeding time with good establishment is better. For Wray, a cultivar that can grow to heading in the Tohoku region, the stem dry weight was greater by seeding in early June. For cultivars such as Wray with a sufficient growing period in a given region, the optimum seeding time to obtain stable higher stem yield existed and the cultivars should be seeded when they could grow under good weather conditions at the critical time strongly influences growth.

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Temperate zone sweet sorghumethanol production potential

Cited by 100 publications

References 7 publications

Sweet Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop for the US Great Plains

Sweet Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop for the US Great Plains

Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on the Productivity and Sensitivity of Two Sweet Sorghum Varieties to Pink Stem Borer (Sesamia cretica led.) Infestation

Relation between seeding times and stem yield of sorghum in cold region in Japan

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