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 …

Abstract Calcium (Ca 2+) is an essential element for the growth and development and
provides rigidity to plant cells in calcium pectate form, and also involved in microtubule …

In crop species, adaptation to different agroclimatic regions creates useful variation but also
leads to unwanted genetic correlations. Bouchet....... Adaptation of domesticated species to …

Recent advances in omics technologies have not been accompanied by equally efficient,
cost-effective, and accurate phenotyping methods required to dissect the genetic …

Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench], an important grain and forage crop, is receiving
significant attention as a lignocellulosic feedstock because of its water‐use efficiency and …

Key message A large collection of Ethiopian sorghum landraces, characterized by agro-
ecology and racial-group, was found to contain high levels of diversity and admixture, with …

Community association populations are composed of phenotypically and genetically diverse
accessions. Once these populations are genotyped, the resulting marker data can be reused …

Because structural variation in the inflorescence architecture of cereal crops can influence
yield, it is of interest to identify the genes responsible for this variation. However, the manual …

Heat stress reduces grain yield and quality worldwide. Enhancing heat tolerance of crops at
all developmental stages is one of the essential strategies required for sustaining …

Sorghum bicolor, a photosynthetically efficient C 4 grass, represents an important source of
grain, forage, fermentable sugars, and cellulosic fibers that can be utilized in myriad …