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Research for this publication was supported in part by the cooperative US Department of Agriculture Forest Service/US Agency for International Development Office of Energy, Biomass for Energy Project. Support of our sweet sorghum research by DOE's Biomass Energy Systems Division also is gratefully acknowledged. The authors thank B. R. Allen and A. Bose of Battelle-Columbus for helpful discussion of fermentation technology.

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Lipinsky, E.S., Kresovich, S. Sugar crops as a solar energy converter. Experientia 38, 13–18 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944518

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