Jacques Chantereau

TL;DR: The data agree with the current hypotheses on sorghum domestication but reveal associations between neutral markers and traits probably highly subjected to human selection, including the bicolor race, which appeared highly variable and included many rare markers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined farmers' selection criteria for sorghum varieties in the Centre-West of Burkina Faso, and compared these criteria with the breeder's agronomic observations and standard practices, and showed how the criteria of both farmers and breeders can be effectively integrated into the early stages of a pedigree breeding program.

TL;DR: It is concluded that recurrent drought can lead to selection for earlier flowering in a major Sahelian crop and Surprisingly, these results suggest that diffusion of crop varieties is not the main driver of short term adaptation to climatic variation.

TL;DR: The authors identify systems caught in the agricultural transition from subsistence to intensified, market-oriented production as the most important target for crop improvement, and provide examples of new breeding objectives for cowpea, sorghum and upland rice, which have developed innovative plant-type concepts that combine improved yield potential and input responsiveness.

TL;DR: It is concluded that in tropical sorghum, floral induction is strongly associated with a negative rate of change of day length in the field, and under certain circumstances under controlled conditions, but more evidence is needed to ascertain the capability of Sorghum to sense the rate ofchange of PP before a definite model can be formulated.