Purdue University Researchers and Partners Say Sorghum Should Be in The Mix as Biofuel Crop

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: June 20, 2012

West Lafayette, IN—Sweet and biomass sorghum would meet the need for next-generation biofuels to be environmentally sustainable, easily adopted by producers and take advantage of existing agricultural infrastructure, a group of researchers led by Purdue University scientists believes.

The scientists from Purdue, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Illinois and Cornell University believe sorghum, a grain crop similar to corn, could benefit from the rail system, grain elevators and corn ethanol processing facilities already in place.

Their perspective article is published early online in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining.

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