Kanpur: Sorghum (jowar) may be a miracle crop not just for those associated with sugar business but to some frequent man too in combat coronavirus. National Sugar Institute, Kanpur in cooperation with ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad has been conducting research to evaluate the capacity of this harvest for the past couple of years in the institute plantation along with five sweet sorghum types (CSH 22S, SSV 84, SSV 74, Phlue Vasundhara and ICSSH 28) believed appropriate for sub-tropical area are being cultivated and analyzed. Studies performed in the research imply that although the juice out of stem/stalk of this harvest can be used for production of ethanol, jaggery and nutritive low glucose , the grains acquired because sorghum (jowar) may be used broadly as a much healthier flour instead of’maida’ or’wheat flour’, especially during the present corona crises. “Studies performed in this respect suggest that one millet that’s a healthful alternative to this wheat berry is jowar or sorghum. Full of protein iron and aluminum, this gluten free grain was proven to play an essential role in cellular function and fix. The abundant amount of potassium and helps reduce cholesterol and handle high blood pressure. A lot of fibre within the grain sorghum helps enhance the digestive tract. Sorghum provides nearly 44 percent of the necessary daily consumption of fiber. A powerful immune system hence will help to avoid some viral or other diseases from getting into the body. The vitamins C within the sorghum grain helps boost our degrees of immunity and therefore sorghum seems to be a significant ingredient of our daily diet in the present times,” explained NSI manager, Prof Narendra Mohan. “It may be a win-win scenario for everybody, whereas the farmers could find a better cost of their produce by using every component of harvest in an innovative fashion, the nation as a whole could find more ethanol to fulfill requirements of vapor mixing in gas besides obtaining a much healthier diet to decrease malnutrition, enhancing digestive tract and resistance for a whole that’s extremely much needed to resist coronavirus,” explained Professor Mohan further. He added,”This harvest, sorghum (Jowar) that is a brief term harvest of 4-5 months just requiring less water could be increased as a inter-crop using sugarcane and therefore the farmers could improve their income farther per acre of property.”