[HTML][HTML] Sorghum breeding in the genomic era: opportunities and challenges

H Hao, Z Li, C Leng, C Lu, H Luo, Y Liu, X Wu… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in the breeding of sorghum crop: current status and future strategies for marker-assisted breeding

FS Baloch, MT Altaf, W Liaqat, M Bedir… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sorghum is emerging as a model crop for functional genetics and genomics of tropical
grasses with abundant uses, including food, feed, and fuel, among others. It is currently the …

Large‐scale GWAS in sorghum reveals common genetic control of grain size among cereals

Y Tao, X Zhao, X Wang, A Hathorn… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Grain size is a key yield component of cereal crops and a major quality attribute. It is
determined by a genotype's genetic potential and its capacity to fill the grains. This study …

A genomic resource for the development, improvement, and exploitation of sorghum for bioenergy

ZW Brenton, EA Cooper, MT Myers, RE Boyles… - Genetics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
With high productivity and stress tolerance, numerous grass genera of the Andropogoneae
have emerged as candidates for bioenergy production. To optimize these candidates …

A sorghum mutant resource as an efficient platform for gene discovery in grasses

Y Jiao, J Burke, R Chopra, G Burow, J Chen… - The Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is a versatile C4 crop and a model for research in family
Poaceae. High-quality genome sequence is available for the elite inbred line BTx623, but …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association analysis of seedling traits in diverse Sorghum germplasm under thermal stress

R Chopra, G Burow, JJ Burke, N Gladman, Z Xin - BMC plant biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Climate variability due to fluctuation in temperature is a worldwide concern that
imperils crop production. The need to understand how the germplasm variation in major …

Genome‐wide association studies of grain yield components in diverse sorghum germplasm

RE Boyles, EA Cooper, MT Myers, Z Brenton… - The plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Grain yield and its primary determinants, grain number and weight, are important traits in
cereal crops that have been well studied; however, the genetic basis of and interactions …

Comprehensive 3D phenotyping reveals continuous morphological variation across genetically diverse sorghum inflorescences

M Li, MR Shao, D Zeng, T Ju, EA Kellogg… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Summary● Inflorescence architecture in plants is often complex and challenging to quantify,
particularly for inflorescences of cereal grasses. Methods for capturing inflorescence …

Genome‐Wide Association Analysis of Grain Yield‐Associated Traits in a Pan‐European Barley Cultivar Collection

X Xu, R Sharma, A Tondelli, J Russell… - The plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A collection of 379 Hordeum vulgare cultivars, comprising all combinations of spring and
winter growth habits with two and six row ear type, was screened by genome wide …

Genome‐wide association study for nine plant architecture traits in Sorghum

J Zhao, MB Mantilla Perez, J Hu… - The Plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
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 …