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 …

Plants are sessile by nature, and as such they have evolved to sense changes in
seasonality and their surrounding environment, and adapt to these changes. One prime …

Both herbivory and jasmonic acid (JA) activate the biosynthesis of defensive metabolites in
maize, but the mechanism underlying this remains unclear. We generated maize mutants in …

Main conclusion Sorghum research has entered an exciting and fruitful era due to the
genetic, genomic, and breeding resources that are now available to researchers and plant …

The precursors and derivatives of jasmonic acid (JA) contribute to plant protective immunity
to insect attack. However, the role of JA in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) defense against …

Abstract Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is an important tropical species of the
Poaceae family with wide distribution in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It is one of the …

Grain size, grain number per panicle, and grain weight are crucial determinants of yield-
related traits in cereals. Understanding the genetic basis of grain yield-related traits has …

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is one of the top five cereal crops in the world in terms of
production and planting area and is widely grown in areas with severe abiotic stresses such …

Flower development and fertility are coordinately regulated by endogenous developmental
signals, including the phytohormones jasmonates (JAs), auxin, and gibberellin, and …

Sorghum, renowned for its substantial biomass production and remarkable tolerance to
various stresses, possesses extensive gene resources and phenotypic variations. A …