Dahlberg Jeff
UC-ANR Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension (KARE) Center, Parlier, CA, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1931:269-277. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9039-9_19.
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is an important annual C cereal crop with unique properties-it can be used in almost all renewable schemes being proposed for renewable fuels and green technologies. In the United States, the grain is currently used as a feedstock in the grain-ethanol process, while in China, the Philippines, and India, sweet sorghums are used in a sugar-to-ethanol process. High-tonnage biomass sorghums are being investigated for their potential use in both cellulosic and lignocellulosic renewables. Other countries have been exploring sorghum's use as a renewable building material and as a potential source of high-value C molecules for the creation of renewable oils and other important industrial chemicals. Sorghum can become a major player in the renewable feedstock industry because of its potential for high-yield production under limited water and inputs, strong research capacities, a well-established seed industry, and a robust history of research on production and cultural practices. The following review highlights various research activities in support of renewables using sorghum as a primary feedstock.
高粱（Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench）是一种重要的一年生C4谷物作物，具有独特的特性——它几乎可用于所有正在提出的可再生燃料和绿色技术的可再生方案中。在美国，谷物目前被用作谷物乙醇生产过程中的原料，而在中国、菲律宾和印度，甜高粱则用于糖制乙醇的过程。高产量生物质高粱正在被研究其在纤维素和木质纤维素可再生能源中的潜在用途。其他国家一直在探索高粱作为可再生建筑材料的用途，以及作为用于制造可再生油和其他重要工业化学品的高价值碳分子的潜在来源。由于高粱在有限的水和投入条件下具有高产潜力、强大的研究能力、成熟的种子产业以及关于生产和栽培实践的丰富研究历史，它有望成为可再生原料行业的主要参与者。以下综述重点介绍了以高粱作为主要原料支持可再生能源的各种研究活动。
