01733naa a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024500750008126000090015652011630016565000180132865000120134665000200135865300120137865300190139077301420140914773262018-06-12       1992    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aSCHAFFERT, R. E.  aSweet sorghum substrate for industrial alcohol.h[electronic resource]  c1992  aSweet sorghum may be used as the raw material for biological transformation into ethyl alcohol, utilizing the same infrastructure and equipament as that utilized in transforming sugarcane into alcohol. In tropical conditions, the harvest periods of these two crops complement one another, allowing for a longer period of alcohol production. Cultural management to ensure a constant supply of the raw material for transforming into alcohol depends on the knowledge of the period of industrial utilization (PIU) for each cultivar used for each planting period. This has led to a definition of a PIU for sweet sorghum and managing the crop for up to several monts. The breeding program at CNPMS/EMBRAPA, has developed new sweet sorghum cultivars for tropical conditions,utilizing the PIU developed at EMBRAPA, with a 10% increase in alcohol production over the best cultivar previously available. Research priorities are discussed, as is integrated utilization of sweet sorghum for alcohol production and for food, feed, and forage. In central Brazil, real alcohol yields greater than 2500 L ha-1 have been obtained from biomass yields between 40 and 50 t ha-1.  asweet sorghum  aÁlcool  aSorghum Bicolor  aAlcohol  aSorgo sacarino  tIn: GOMEZ, M. I.; HOUSE, L. R.; ROONEY, L. W.; DENDY, D. A. V. Utilization of sorghum and millets. Patancheru: ICRISAT, 1992. p. 131-137.