Sweet sorghum research and development in India: status and prospects

KS Vinutha, L Rayaprolu, K Yadagiri, AV Umakanth… - Sugar Tech, 2014 - Springer
Renewable energy is a critical source of energy that contributes to energy security, reducing
dependence on fossil fuels and emission of greenhouse gases. India would require more …

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 …

Changes in area, yield gains, and yield stability of sorghum in major sorghum‐producing countries, 1970 to 2009

S Rakshit, K Hariprasanna, S Gomashe… - Crop …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a drought‐resilient crop, grown
extensively in semiarid tropics of the world. To understand the scenario of sorghum …

Sorghum root flavonoid chemistry, cultivar, and frost stress effects on rhizosphere bacteria and fungi

M Cloutier, D Chatterjee, D Elango, J Cui… - Phytobiomes …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Biotic stresses, including fungal infections, result in increased production of flavonoid
compounds, including 3-deoxyanthocyanidins (3-DAs), in the leaf tissues of Sorghum …

Assessing economic feasibility of bio-energy feedstock cultivation on marginal lands

B Patel, A Patel, BA Syed, B Gami, P Patel - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
Second generation biofuel needs lignocellulosic biomass cultivated on marginal wasteland
that does not conflict with food crops for land and should be long-term economically viable …

Assessment of photoperiod sensitivity and the effect of sowing date on dry-season Sorghum cultivars in southern Chad

G Naoura, Y Emendack, N Sawadogo, N Djirabaye… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The cultivation of dry-season sorghum on residual moisture in West and Central Africa is
highly affected by sowing dates and ecotypes used. Fifty-five dry-season sorghum ecotypes …

Genome wide association map** of epi-cuticular wax genes in Sorghum bicolor

D Elango, W Xue, S Chopra - Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2020 - Springer
Sorghum accumulates epi-cuticular wax (EW) in leaves, sheaths, and culms. EW reduces
the transpirational and nontranspirational (nonstomatal) water loss and protects the plant …

India's rainfed sorghum improvement: Three decades of genetic gain assessment for yield, grain quality, grain mold and shoot fly resistance

MV Nagesh Kumar, V Ramya, M Govindaraj… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sorghum is a climate-resilient cereal and staple food crop for more than 200 million people
in arid and semi-arid countries of Asia and Africa. Despite the economic importance, the …

Genetic variation for grain iron and zinc concentration in the US sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] association panel

M Djanaguiraman, K Vimala, PA Sofi, R Perumal… - Crop …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) are important nutritional traits that determine the cultivar
value of grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. The present study was undertaken to …

Weeds, herbicides and plant disease management

B Pakdaman Sardrood… - … Agriculture Reviews 31 …, 2018 - Springer
Plants growing unwantedly in an agro-ecosystem are defined as weeds. Weeds modify crop
plant growth, development and yield, not only through their competition for light, water …