Novel QTL for chilling tolerance at germination and early seedling stages in sorghum.

ABSTRACT: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) a drought tolerant staple crop for half a billion people in Africa and Asia, an important source of animal feed throughout the world and a biofuel feedstock of growing importanceorghum's originated from tropical regions rendering the crop to be cold sensitive. Low temperature stresses such as chilling and frost greatly affect the agronomic performance of sorghum and limit its geographical distribution, posing a major problem in temperate environments when sorghum is planted early. Understanding the genetic basis of wide adaptability and of sorghum would facilitate molecular breeding programs and studies of other C4 crops. The objective of this study is to conduct quantitative trait loci analysis using genotying by sequencing for early seed germination and seedl

SUBMITTER: La Borde N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10052408 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature