Crop lodging and the roles of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose in lodging resistance

Q Li, C Fu, C Liang, X Ni, X Zhao, M Chen, L Ou - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
With increasingly frequent extreme weather events, lodging has become an important
limiting factor for crop yield and quality and for mechanical harvesting. Lodging resistance is …

Modelling selection response in plant-breeding programs using crop models as mechanistic gene-to-phenotype (CGM-G2P) multi-trait link functions

M Cooper, O Powell, KP Voss-Fels, CD Messina… - in silico …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Plant-breeding programs are designed and operated over multiple cycles to systematically
change the genetic makeup of plants to achieve improved trait performance for a Target …

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 …

Balancing pre-and post-anthesis growth to maximise water-limited yield in cereals

AK Borrell, JT Christopher, A Kelly, B Collins… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
To maximize cereal yield in water-limited environments where crops rely on stored soil
moisture, pre-anthesis growth and water-use must be balanced to create a sink demand at …

Genome‐wide association studies identify putative pleiotropic locus mediating drought tolerance in sorghum

F Maina, A Harou, F Hamidou, GP Morris - Plant Direct, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is a key constraint on plant productivity and threat to food security. Sorghum
(Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), a global staple food and forage crop, is among the most …

Breeding efforts for crop productivity in abiotic stress environment

JR Choudhary, S Get, A Tripathi, R Kaldate… - … crop productivity in …, 2022 - Springer
In the present state, human activities coupled with simultaneous exploitation of the earth's
resources have resulted in newer challenges that surface day-by-day. In a response to …

A Critical Review: Breeding Objectives, Genomic Resources, and Marker-Assisted Methods in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)

MT Altaf, W Liaqat, A Jamil, HI Mohamed… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2024 - Springer
Sorghum plays a pivotal role as a dietary staple for a significant population in the Sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA) regions. Projected climate variations in these …

Genetic dissection and quantitative trait loci map** of agronomic and fodder quality traits in sorghum under different water regimes

VK Somegowda, KVSV Prasad, J Naravula… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Livestock provides an additional source of income for marginal crop** farmers, but crop
residues that are used as a main source of animal feed are characteristically low in …

Specific Gibberellin 2-Oxidase 3 (SbGA2ox3) Mutants Promote Yield and Stress Tolerance in Sorghum bicolor

W Weng, Y Tang, R **ong, Q Bai, A Gao, X Yao, W Wu… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is a raw material that can be used as food, feed,
bioenergy, and wine; it is also a gramineous crop with drought, salt, waterlogging, and high …

Multi‐locus genome‐wide association study for grain yield and drought tolerance indices in sorghum accessions

Y Tsehaye, TM Menamo, F Abay, T Tadesse… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is a significant factor that causes yield loss in essential cereal crops such as
sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], necessitating the development of drought‐tolerant …