Research on the potential of some sweet sorghum genotypes as bioethanol source under Mediterranean conditions
    
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Celal Yücel
Şırnak Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Derya Yücel
Şırnak Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Rüştü HATİPOĞLU Çukurova Üniversitesi
Ismaıl Dweıkat
Yabancı Kurumlar, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Q2)
Dergi ISSN 1300-011X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 01-2022
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 46 / 2 / 141–151 DOI 10.3906/tar-2104-51
Makale Linki https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/agriculture/
Özet
Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum (L.) Mohlenbr.) is a variety of sorghum developed for the harvest of sweet
juice, rather than grain. It has been identified as a potential ethanol feedstock crop for rainfed areas in different parts of the world.It is
a promising source of bioenergy due to its high biomass, drought tolerance and low input. This study was conducted to determine the
potential of bioethanol production from different sweet sorghum varieties under the Çukurova conditions with a Mediterranean climate.
Experiments were conducted over two years in 2016 and 2017 on the experimental fields of the Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research
Institute in Adana province between June and October in randomized blocks design with four replications. Harvest was performed at the
dough stage of panicle grains. Based on two-year data, an average of days to harvest values of the varieties varied between 98.6 and 134.4
days, plant height between 233.2 and 429.3 cm, stalk diameters between 22.26 and 26.55 mm, stalk yields between 69.0 and 182.6 t ha–1,
juice yields between 22.98 and 62.74 m3
ha–1, juice recoveries between 26.79% and 39.94%, brix values between 12.55% and 20.0% and
theoretical bioethanol yields between 2020 and 5302 L ha–1. Grass1, M81E, Roma, Theis, UNL Hybrid#3 and No91 genotypes had stalk
yields over 150 t ha–1 and bioethanol yields over 4500 L ha–1, thus they were superior to the other varieties in stalk and bioethanol yields.
Present findings revealed that the Çukurova region was quite suitable for maximum bioethanol production from sweet sorghum.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Brix | genotype | stalk and bioethanol yield | sweet sorghum