eSorghum as a bio-fuel feedstock for arid environments

不断增加的燃料成本、有限的资源以及开发更多碳中和和更清洁燃料的需要，都产生了对可再生能源的需求。 乙醇和下一代生物燃料（丁醇和能量更丰富的醇类）可以从生物质中提取。 在澳大利亚北方炎热干燥的地区，高粱是一种理想的生物能源原料，在那里淀粉（谷物），糖和木质纤维素（秸秆）可以在这种节水植物中积累。 识别和操纵这些基因，使高粱能够作为一种专用的生物能源作物得到改进，这将提高澳大利亚生物燃料行业的效率，并创造可持续的农村产业。

Increasing fuel costs, finite resources and the need to develop more carbon neutral and cleaner fuels have created a need for renewable sources. Ethanol and future generation biofuels (butanol and more energy-rich alcohols) can be extracted from biomass sources. Sorghum is an ideal bioenergy feedstock in the hotter, drier areas of Northern Australia, where starch (grain), sugar and lignocellulose (stover) can be amassed in this water efficient plant. Identifying and manipulating the genes to enable the improvement of sorghum as a dedicated bioenergy crop, will enable the increased efficiency of the Australian biofuels industry and create sustainable rural industries.