Ch Ravinder Reddy
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
42 Papers
128 Citations
Ch Ravinder Reddy is an academic researcher from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sorghum & Sweet sorghum. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 42 publications.
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Papers
Assessing viability of bio-ethanol production from sweet sorghum in India
G Basavaraj,P P Rao,Kaushik Basu,Ch Ravinder Reddy,Arvind Kumar,P. Srinivasa Rao,Belum V. S. Reddy +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, an attempt is made in this paper to assess viability of ethanol production from sweet sorghum, the indicator of economic viability assessment, is negative and would thus be difficult for the industry to take off under the current scenario of ethanol price, feedstock price and ethanol recovery rate.
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Innovative use of sweet sorghum juice in the beverage industry.
TL;DR: In this paper, a new method to produce clarified sweet sorghum juice is demonstrated, which is used as a source to obtain syrup which can be used as sugar alternative for meeting certain requirements of the beverage industry.
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A Review of the National Biofuel Policy in India: A critique of the Need to Promote Alternative Feedstocks. Working Paper Series no. 34
G Basavaraj,P P Rao,Ch Ravinder Reddy,A Ashok Kumar,P. Srinivasa Rao,B V S Reddy +5 more
- 01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: The sharp rise in crude oil prices from US$20 a barrel in 2002 to almost US$100 (even touching US$140 before stabilizing at around US$80) has forced nations to seriously consider alternative energy sources that are renewable and non-polluting.
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A Review of national biofuel policy in India: A critique- need for promotion of alternative feedstocks
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the salient features of India's biofuel policy and discuss how it influences the economic viability of ethanol production and its commercialisation in the country, and explore the options to augment bioethanol production using alternative feedstocks like sweet sorghum that is grown in the drylands.
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Comparative performance of different power weeders in rainfed sweet sorghum crop
I. Srinivas,R.V. Adake,B. Sanjeeva Reddy,G. R. Korwar,C.R. Thyagaraj,Atul Dange,G. Veeraprasad,Ch Ravinder Reddy +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, three commercially available power weeders were evaluated for weeding and inter-cultivation in the sweet sorghum crop in Andhra Pradesh, and the weeding efficiency of the weeder was found to be 91%.
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