Essay On Sweet Sorghum

Fossil fuel consumption and increased global warming is a burning issue now a days. One of the main challenges in 21st century is to cope with the increasing demand of energy in a sustainable way. That’s why developed nations are shifting on renewable resources for energy purposes. Biofuels are basically renewable energy resources extracted from biological feed stocks like sweet sorghum. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (sweet sorghum) has as a potential feedstock for ethanol production. Recent initiatives for biofuel production have increased research and development of sweet sorghum. Sweet sorghum has been recognized as a conceivable ethanol feedstock due to of its high biomass production and greater percentage of sugars. The assessment of its agronomic characters and genetic basis has gained renewed interest among scientists. There is an extensive array of genetic diversity in sweet sorghum germplasm collections. In order to exploit its genetic variations for biofuel production; an efficient marker system is required. The aim of the present study is

Information obtained is then used to design germplasm management strategies. Because of the importance of sorghum in Africa, there has been considerable interest in characterizing its genetic diversity. Molecular markers present an well-organized way to efficiently utilize favourable genes (Agrama et al. 2002). Therefore, further enhancement of productivity regarding biofuel needs urgent attention. Estimating germplasm diversity can help to detect landraces with the finest novelty and thus are most appropriate for integration into crop improvement programmes. SSR and RAPD markers may help in understanding these genetic relationships at a functional