Sweet sorghum is a promising target for biofuel production. It is a C4 crop with low input
requirements and accumulates high levels of sugars in its stalks. However, large-scale …

Gene flow between crops and their weedy or wild relatives can be problematic in modern
agricultural systems, especially if it endows novel adaptive genes that confer tolerance to …

The efficient use of sorghum as a renewable energy source requires high biomass yields
and reduced agricultural inputs. Hybridization of Sorghum bicolor with wild Sorghum …

Background Domestication has played an important role in sha** characteristics of the
inflorescence and plant height in cultivated cereals. Taking advantage of meta-analysis of …

Abstract Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] grown locally by Japanese farmers is
generically termed Takakibi, although its genetic diversity compared with geographically …

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 …

Of central importance in adapting plants of tropical origin to temperate cultivation has been
selection of daylength-neutral genotypes that flower early in the temperate summer and take …

Millets and sorghum are extremely important crops in many develo** nations and
because of the ability of many of them to thrive in low-moisture situations they represent …

Sorghum is widely used for producing food, feed, and biofuel, and it is increasingly grown to
produce grains rich in health-promoting antioxidants. The conventional use of grain color as …

Compared to other potential feedstocks such as sugarcane, sugar beet, maize, and
watermelon, sweet sorghum possesses higher levels of directly fermentable reducing …