Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is a multipurpose food crop which is ranked among the top five
cereal crops in the world, and is used as a source of food, fodder, feed, and fuel. The genus …

Stilbenes are a small family of polyphenolic secondary metabolites that can be found in
several distantly related plant species. These compounds act as phytoalexins, playing a …

Host genetics has recently been shown to be a driver of plant microbiome composition.
However, identifying the underlying genetic loci controlling microbial selection remains …

Plants can release chemicals into the environment that suppress the growth and
establishment of other plants in their vicinity: a process known as 'allelopathy'. However …

Key message The importance and potential of the multi-purpose crop sorghum in global
food security have not yet been fully exploited, and the integration of the state-of-art …

Known since ancient times, the phenomenon of allelopathy has recently received greater
attention from researchers and farmers worldwide. Crop failures and low yields caused by …

With the recent development of genomic resources and high‐throughput phenotyping
platforms, the 21st century is primed for major breakthroughs in the discovery …

Sorghum allelopathy has been reported in a series of field experiments following sorghum
establishment. In recent years, sorghum phytotoxicity and allelopathic interference also have …

Human activity has had the single largest influence on the global nitrogen (N) cycle by
introducing unprecedented amounts of reactive-N into ecosystems. A major portion of this …

Germin and germin-like proteins (GLPs) are encoded by a family of genes found in all
plants. They are part of the cupin superfamily of biochemically diverse proteins, a …