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Molecular Breeding of Sorghum bicolor, A Novel Energy Crop.
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This review presents existing efforts targeted at genetic characterization of sorghum mutants and comprehensively review the different attempts made toward the isolation of genes involved in agronomically important traits, including the dissection of some Sorghum quantitative trait loci (QTLs).Abstract:
Currently, molecular breeding is regarded as an important tool for the improvement of many crop species. However, in sorghum, recently heralded as an important bioenergy crop, progress in this field has been relatively slow and limited. In this review, we present existing efforts targeted at genetic characterization of sorghum mutants. We also comprehensively review the different attempts made toward the isolation of genes involved in agronomically important traits, including the dissection of some sorghum quantitative trait loci (QTLs). We also explore the current status of the use of transgenic techniques in sorghum, which should be crucial for advancing sorghum molecular breeding. Through this report, we provide a useful benchmark to help assess how much more sorghum genomics and molecular breeding could be improved.read more
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