An experiment entitled “Growth, yield and water use efficiency of sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] affected by drip irrigation nitrogen levels through fertigation” was carried out on clayey slightly alkaline soil during rabi season 2019-20 2020-21 at the Instructional Farm, Department Agronomy, College Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. The laid in split plot de...

Fermentable carbohydrates (FC) are a major cost component and environmental burden in the production of biofuels bio-based commodity chemicals; consequently, FC determines economic feasibility performance chemicals. Producing with conventional technology without additional processing steps food-grade sugar can result low-cost industrial-grade fermentable that is competitive raw sugar. This stud...

Abstract Sugarcane aphids [ Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)] have become a significant pest of grain, forage, and sweet sorghum Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in the USA recent years. However, effects sugarcane aphid damage on juice quality not been well studied. A three-year (2015–2017) field study was conducted at Tifton, GA to assess planting date (April, May, or June planting) cultivar respons...

The challenges we face today envisaging environmental protection, starting from global warming and climate change, up to natural resources depletion, creates opportunities for developing new technologies biofuel production. Considering that most biofuels used at the moment are based on energy-intensive crops, question arises whether occupying large areas of land detriment food is justified or n...