Characterization of semi-arid Chadian sweet sorghum accessions as potential sources for sugar and ethanol production.

Naoura G, Emendack Y, Baloua N, Vom Brocke K, Hassan MA, Sawadogo N, Doyam Nodjasse A, Djinodji R, Trouche G, Echevarria Laza H

Published: 13 September 2020 in Scientific reports
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Pubmed ID: 32917934
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71506-9

Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is an important crop in Chad that plays an economic role in the countryside were stalks are produced mainly for human consumption without any processing. Unfortunately, very little information exists on its genetic diversity and brix content. Studies performed in 2014 and 2015 showed that there were significant variations (p