Designer Sorghums: Development of High Yielding Sorghum Cultivars with Modified Endosperm Matrices for Optimized Low Energy Input Ethanol Production and High Nutrition Feed

The objective of this research project is to develop a systems approach for designer sorghum cultivars to optimize the grain's endosperm matrix for bio-ethanol conversion and distiller's feed for low rain fall Texas environments.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Advanced Research, Biobased Research

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $337500.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Department of Transportation
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Johnson, Shawn

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  College Station, TX  United States  77840
• Principal Investigators:

  Hays, Dirk

• Start Date: 20070701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20101231
• Source Data: RiP Project 31316

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biomass fuels; Cultivation; Ethanol; Grain; Optimization; Production methods
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bioethanol; Conversion factors
• Subject Areas: Energy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01572299
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Aug 5 2015 1:00AM