Biological conversion assay using Clostridium phytofermentans to estimate plant feedstock quality

Table 1 Mean values for supernatant ethanol concentration of S₁ families derived from Sorghum bicolor ssp. Accessions 3d after inoculation with Clostridium phytofermentans.

Accession	*Sorghum* ssp.	Origin	Ethanol, mg ethanol/g* feedstock^†
PI 549183	Sorghum bicolor	Chad	39.4^a
PI 208190	Sorghum verticilliflorum	South Africa	37.0^ab
RTx430	S. bicolor	U.S.A.	35.0^bc
PI 549194	S. bicolor	Chad	34.1^bc
PI 549179	S. bicolor	Mauritania	34.0^bc
PI 226096	S. verticilliflorum	Kenya	32.2^cd
PI 329252	S. verticilliflorum	Ethiopia	30.6^de
PI 302111	S. verticilliflorum	South Africa	30.2^de
PI 521353	Sorghum drummondii	Kenya	30.1^de
PI 549202	S. bicolor	Chad	30.0^def
PI 302113	S. verticilliflorum	South Africa	30.0^def
PI 521355	S. drummondii	Kenya	29.3^def
PI 156549	S. verticilliflorum	Zimbabwe	28.6^ef
PI 300117	S. verticilliflorum	South Africa	28.6^ef
PI 520775	S. drummondii	Kenya	26.5^f
PI 300120	S. verticilliflorum	South Africa	No data
PI 365024	S. verticilliflorum	South Africa	No data

*Values followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P < 0.05 based on Scheffé's test for multiple comparisons.

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