Susan A. Auckland

TL;DR: SSR-based genetic maps from a cross between Miscanthus sacchariflorus Robustus and M. sinensis provide for many early research needs in this emerging crop, but additional markers are also needed to improve map density and to further characterize the structural changes of the Miscanhurst genome since its divergence from sorghum and Saccharum.

TL;DR: A recombinant inbred line (RIL) population of 161 F5 genotypes for the widest euploid cross that can be made to cultivated sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) using conventional techniques offers advantages over early-generation populations that will shed new light on genetic, environmental, and physiological/biochemical factors that regulate plant growth and development.

TL;DR: Genotyping provides evidence for a ‘habitat switch’ from agricultural to non-agricultural systems and may contribute to both Johnsongrass ubiquity and aggressiveness and association genetic approaches may permit identification of alleles contributing to the habitat switch or other traits important to weed/invasive management and/or crop improvement.

TL;DR: This study provides resources for marker-assisted breeding, as well as a framework for fine mapping and subsequent cloning of major genes for important traits such as plant height and flowering time in sorghum.

TL;DR: Transmission genetics of chromosomal segments into G. hirsutum × G. mustelinum crosses reveals allelic interactions, constraints on fixation and selection of donor alleles, and challenges with retention of introgressed chromatin for crop improvement.