Construction of a high-density genetic linkage map and QTL mapping for bioenergy-related traits in sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench].

ABSTRACT: Sorghum is an important but arguably undervalued cereal crop, grown in large areas in Asia and Africa due to its natural resilience to drought and heat. There is growing demand for sweet sorghum as a source of bioethanol as well as food and feed. The improvement of bioenergy-related traits directly affects bioethanol production from sweet sorghum; therefore, understanding the genetic basis of these traits would enable new cultivars to be developed for bioenergy production. In order to reveal the genetic architecture behind bioenergy-related traits, we generated an F₂ population from a cross between sweet sorghum cv. 'Erdurmus' and grain sorghum cv. 'Ogretmenoglu'. This was used to construct a genetic map from SNPs discovered by double-digest restriction-site associated DNA seque

SUBMITTER: Guden B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278949 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature