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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Yuanpeng Fang, Junmei Jiang, Qiaoli Du, Liting Luo, Xiangyang Li, Xin Xie
Summary: In this study, 351 CYP genes in the sorghum genome were identified and classified into nine classes, originating from ancestors and repeated segments. The extension of a large number of CYP genes before the emergence of Gramineae suggests that genome duplication events and stress adaptation were crucial for their expansion.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Panagiotis Kanatas, Ioannis Gazoulis, Stavros Zannopoulos, Alexandros Tataridas, Anastasia Tsekoura, Nikolaos Antonopoulos, Ilias Travlos
Summary: Shattercane and weedy sunflower, as crop wild relatives, have become troublesome weeds in agriculture due to early seed shattering and seed dormancy. They cause severe yield losses in various crops and have invaded agricultural areas in the United States and Europe. Preventative measures and effective weed management strategies are essential to prevent their spread and mitigate the consequences of hybridization.
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Plant Sciences
Harry Myrans, Rebecca K. Vandegeer, Robert J. Henry, Roslyn M. Gleadow
Summary: Crop plants may become more susceptible to pests during domestication due to high growth rates, with cyanogenic glucosides playing a crucial role in both growth and defense in Sorghum bicolor. Wild sorghum species may have alternative defense systems such as higher silicon and phenolic concentrations. Despite allocating more nitrogen to cyanogenic glucosides, domesticated sorghum still shows high nitrogen productivity levels.
JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Maria Ermakova, Russell Woodford, Zachary Taylor, Robert T. Furbank, Srinivas Belide, Susanne von Caemmerer
Summary: By overexpressing the Rieske FeS subunit in sorghum plants, researchers found that increasing Rieske content can improve the efficiency of light utilization and conversion to biomass, resulting in increased crop yield and food quality.
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Makenzie E. Mabry, Sarah D. Turner-Hissong, Evan Y. Gallagher, Alex C. McAlvay, Hong An, Patrick P. Edger, Jonathan D. Moore, David A. C. Pink, Graham R. Teakle, Chris J. Stevens, Guy Barker, Joanne Labate, Dorian Q. Fuller, Robin G. Allaby, Timothy Beissinger, Jared E. Decker, Michael A. Gore, J. Chris Pires
Summary: Research on Brassica oleracea has identified its closest living wild relative and supported an origin of cultivation in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Additionally, the study found several feral lineages, indicating that cultivated plants of this species can revert to a wild-like state with relative ease.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Genetics & Heredity
Muhammad Ahmad Yahaya, Hussein Shimelis, Baloua Nebie, Chris Ochieng Ojiewo, Abhishek Rathore, Roma Das
Summary: This study assessed the genetic diversity and population structure of 200 sorghum accessions using diversity arrays technology (DArT)-derived single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. The results showed a high level of genetic diversity among the accessions, which will be useful for enhancing sorghum breeding programs in West Africa by developing new gene pools and novel genotypes. Several distantly related sorghum accessions were identified, indicating the wide genetic diversity within the crop.
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Agronomy
Dilooshi K. Weerasooriya, Ananda Y. Bandara, Floyd Dowell, Tesfaye T. Tesso
Summary: The study revealed that interveinal chlorosis significantly delayed flowering, but both chlorosis and herbicide treatment did not have negative effects on final yield and nutritional profile. Therefore, ALS-resistant sorghums with minimal yellowing effects can be developed and commercially deployed without drawbacks on yield and utilization attributes.
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Plant Sciences
Byron R. R. Manzanero, Krishnanand P. P. Kulkarni, Nicholi Vorsa, Umesh K. K. Reddy, Purushothaman Natarajan, Sathya Elavarthi, Massimo Iorizzo, Kalpalatha Melmaiee
Summary: This study investigated the genetic structure and relationships of 195 blueberry accessions using SNP markers generated from GBS data. The results revealed three major clusters of blueberry accessions, with V. boreale and V. darrowii, as well as V. myrsinites and V. tenellum, showing close genetic relationships. In addition, migration events and genetic divergence among blueberry species were identified through gene flow and admixture analysis.
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Evolutionary Biology
Cynthia Sias, Nithya Subramanian, George Hodnett, William Rooney, Muthukumar Bagavathiannan
Summary: This experiment compared 12 different cytoplasmic male sterile sorghum genotypes and their respective male fertile lines to assess the frequency of hybridization and seed set. Results indicated significant differences in interspecific hybridization frequency among the sorghum genotypes, and pollen fertility in sorghum reduced the rate of hybridization. Hybridization rates also varied across study environments. These findings are helpful for developing gene flow mitigation strategies and suggest that gene flow could be reduced by selecting appropriate seed parents for sorghum hybrids.
EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Charles Andiku, Hussein Shimelis, Admire I. T. Shayanowako, Prakash I. Gangashetty, Eric Manyasa
Summary: This study aimed to determine the genetic diversity among East African sorghum germplasm collections through agronomic and nutritional quality traits. Significant variations were detected, allowing for genetic gains through selection of promising lines for direct production or breeding.
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Environmental Sciences
Isaac Barnhart, Paula Demarco, P. V. Vara Prasad, Laura Mayor, Mithila Jugulam, Ignacio A. Ciampitti
Summary: Grain sorghum is crucial in semiarid regions and breeding for SG traits is important. Using unmanned aerial systems for high-resolution imagery can reduce the time and energy needed for trait selection.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED REMOTE SENSING
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Shuo Zhang, Jie Wang, Wenchuang He, Shenglong Kan, Xuezhu Liao, David R. Jordan, Emma S. Mace, Yongfu Tao, Alan W. Cruickshank, Robert Klein, Daojun Yuan, Luke R. Tembrock, Zhiqiang Wu
Summary: This study assembled seven sorghum mitochondrial and plastid genomes and revealed complex structures of mitochondrial genomes. The findings provide an important foundation for future research and improvement of sorghum traits.
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Plant Sciences
Yongfu Tao, Hong Luo, Jiabao Xu, Alan Cruickshank, Xianrong Zhao, Fei Teng, Adrian Hathorn, Xiaoyuan Wu, Yuanming Liu, Tracey Shatte, David Jordan, Haichun Jing, Emma Mace
Summary: A study on the sorghum pan-genome sheds light on the genetic diversity and gene content variation within the sorghum primary gene pool. The research suggests that dispensable genes play a crucial role in sorghum adaptation, and reveals that genetic variation is influenced by recombination rate and transposable element content.
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Plant Sciences
Heidi M-L Wipf, Thao-Nguyen Bui, Devin Coleman-Derr
Summary: The study found that under high temperatures and drought conditions, bacterial root communities had the lowest diversity, and temperature had a greater influence on the diversity of soil mixture and root microbiomes compared to watering treatment. Additionally, members of the phylum Actinobacteria increased in abundance under both drought and higher temperatures, with unique Actinobacteria serving as indicator species for temperature or watered conditions.
PHYTOBIOMES JOURNAL
(2021)
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Agronomy
Cristina Patane, Salvatore L. Cosentino, Valeria Cavallaro, Alessandro Saita
Summary: The preliminary laboratory test in 30 biomass sorghum cultivars funded by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry revealed a wide genetic diversity in cold tolerance during germination, with 'Zerberus', 'Sucrosorgo 506', 'Jumbo', and 'PR811F' showing the best combination of low Tb and thermal time. These cultivars are more tolerant to cold stress during germination and suitable for early spring sowings in Mediterranean areas. Additionally, cultivars 'PR811F' and 'Sucrosorgo 506' not only exhibit high cold tolerance but also good productivity in terms of final dry biomass in open-field conditions.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
R. Leblois, M. Gautier, A. Rohfritsch, J. Foucaud, C. Burban, M. Galan, A. Loiseau, L. Saune, M. Branco, K. Gharbi, R. Vitalis, C. Kerdelhue
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Evolutionary Biology
Dimitrios Petsopoulos, Raphael Leblois, Laure Saune, Kahraman Ipekdal, Filippos A. Aravanopoulos, Carole Kerdelhue, Dimitrios N. Avtzis
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2018)
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Agronomy
M. Adam, K. A. Dzotsi, G. Hoogenboom, P. C. S. Traore, C. H. Porter, H. F. W. Rattunde, B. Nebie, W. L. Leiser, E. Weltzien, J. W. Jones
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2018)
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Agronomy
Antonius G. T. Schut, Pierre C. Sibiry Traore, Xavier Blaes, Rolf A. de By
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2018)
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Ecology
R. A. Coleman, B. Gauffre, A. Pavlova, L. B. Beheregaray, J. Kearns, J. Lyon, M. Sasaki, R. Leblois, C. Sgro, P. Sunnucks
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Amadou Sidibe, Edmond Totin, Mary Thompson-Hall, Oumar T. Traore, Pierre C. Sibiry Traore, Laura Schmitt Olabis
NJAS-WAGENINGEN JOURNAL OF LIFE SCIENCES
(2018)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Edmond Totin, Carla Roncoli, Pierre Sibiry Traore, Jacques Somda, Robert Zougmore
NJAS-WAGENINGEN JOURNAL OF LIFE SCIENCES
(2018)
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Genetics & Heredity
Valentin Hivert, Raphael Leblois, Eric J. Petit, Mathieu Gautier, Renaud Vitalis
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Agronomy
Amandine S. Juhel, Corentin M. Barbu, Muriel Valantin-Morison, Bertrand Gauffre, Raphael Leblois, Jerome Olivares, Pierre Franck
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2019)
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Ecology
Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Masa Frleta-Valic, Silvija Kipson, Agostinho Antunes, Emma Cebrian, Cristina Linares, Pablo Sanchez, Raphael Leblois, Joaquim Garrabou
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2018)
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Agronomy
Bright S. Freduah, Dilys S. MacCarthy, Myriam Adam, Mouhamed Ly, Alex C. Ruane, Eric C. Timpong-Jones, Pierre S. Traore, Kenneth J. Boote, Cheryl Porter, Samuel G. K. Adiku
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Dilys S. MacCarthy, Myriam Adam, Bright S. Freduah, Benedicta Yayra Fosu-Mensah, Peter A. Y. Ampim, Mouhamed Ly, Pierre S. Traore, Samuel G. K. Adiku
Summary: The study evaluated the impact of climate change on cereal production in smallholder settings in Navrongo, Ghana and Nioro du Rip, Senegal, finding a high variability in the impact among smallholders.
Correction
Biochemical Research Methods
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Agronomy
Dilys S. MacCarthy, Pierre S. Traore, Bright S. Freduah, Samuel G. K. Adiku, Daniel E. Dodor, Samuel K. Kumahor
Summary: The study evaluates the impact of climate change on soybean production in West Africa, finding that climate change leads to a reduction in soybean productivity but elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide can offset the negative impact. Variability in impact among farms is influenced by management practices and soil differences. Strategic management of cultural practices provides an option to enhance the resilience of soybean productivity among smallholders.
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Statistics & Probability
Francois Rousset, Champak Reddy Beeravolu, Raphael Leblois
JOURNAL OF THE SFDS
(2018)