Tapping Sorghum’s Genetic Potential

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant geneticist has developed new genetic resources that allow the breeding of sorghum varieties with higher grain yields and greater resistance to diseases and pests. The work by Robert R. Klein and his colleagues is important because with climate change and water shortages, sorghum is becoming an attractive alternative to […]

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