Evaluation of fermentation efficiency and ethanol production potential of sweet sorghum genotypes in Çukurova region of Türkiye

Turgut Cabaroğlu; Aysun Şener; M. Ümit Ünal; Müge Canatar; Celal Yücel

doi:10.31015/jaefs.2026.2.11

Evaluation of fermentation efficiency and ethanol production potential of sweet sorghum genotypes in Çukurova region of Türkiye

Abstract

Bioethanol is a renewable energy source with lower environmental impact and the potential to partially replace fossil fuels. In this study, the sugar content, ethanol fermentation efficiency, and ethanol production potential of 21 different sweet sorghum genotypes, were evaluated under the Çukurova region of Türkiye. Field experiments were conducted under second-crop conditions in the experimental fields of the Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, during the 2016 and 2017 growing seasons. Analyses were carried out on the juice obtained from the sorghum stalks. Alcoholic fermentation was carried out using Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fermivin yeast after optimizing the conditions (different cultures, temperatures and pH levels). Fermentation was conducted at pH of 5.5 and 30°C. Based on two-year averages, the sugar contents of the genotypes ranged from 112.03 to 185.64 g L^-1, ethanol concentrations from 48.35 to 84.60 g L^-1, total sugar yields from 3628.5 to 8986.4 kg ha^-1, fermentation yield from 0.4072 to 0.4560 g alcohol g^-1 sugar, and ethanol yields from 2017.6 to 4871.0 L ha^-1. Under the second crop conditions of the Çukurova region, the Tracy, UNL-Hyb-3, No91, Grassi and M81E genotypes, which produced more than 4300 liters of ethanol per hectare were identified as the most promising genotypes for bioethanol production. These results indicate that sweet sorghum has considerable potential as a feedstock for both sugar and bioethanol production in the Çukurova region.

Keywords

Bioethanol, Çukurova region, Ethanol yield, Sweet sorghum, Sugar

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK

Project Number

Tübitak 114O947

Ethical Statement

This work was supported by TUBITAK under Grant No: 114O947. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Thanks

This study includes results obtained from the Çukurova location of TÜBİTAK-supported Project No. 114O947. The authors gratefully acknowledge TÜBİTAK for its financial support.

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Turgut Cabaroğlu ^*
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Türkiye

Aysun Şener
0000-0001-5306-6722
Türkiye

M. Ümit Ünal
0000-0002-2686-5286
Türkiye

Müge Canatar
0000-0002-1076-5918
Türkiye

Celal Yücel
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Cabaroğlu, Turgut, Aysun Şener, M. Ümit Ünal, Müge Canatar, and Celal Yücel. 2026. “Evaluation of Fermentation Efficiency and Ethanol Production Potential of Sweet Sorghum Genotypes in Çukurova Region of Türkiye”. International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Food Sciences 10 (2): 385-94. https://doi.org/10.31015/jaefs.2026.2.11.

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Cabaroğlu, Turgut - Şener, Aysun - Ünal, M. Ümit - Canatar, Müge - Yücel, Celal. “Evaluation of Fermentation Efficiency and Ethanol Production Potential of Sweet Sorghum Genotypes in Çukurova Region of Türkiye”. International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Food Sciences 10/2 (June 1, 2026): 385-394. https://doi.org/10.31015/jaefs.2026.2.11.

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1.Turgut Cabaroğlu, Aysun Şener, M. Ümit Ünal, Müge Canatar, Celal Yücel. Evaluation of fermentation efficiency and ethanol production potential of sweet sorghum genotypes in Çukurova region of Türkiye. int. j. agric. environ. food sci. 2026 Jun. 1;10(2):385-94. doi:10.31015/jaefs.2026.2.11

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