Sorghum (wiki information) is a genus of numerous species of grasses, some of which are raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to the South West Pacific and Australasia. Sorghum is in the subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Andropogoneae (the tribe of big bluestem and sugar cane).
Sweet Sorghum : A New "Smart Biofuel Crop": In these days of soaring food prices around the world, a smart crop that provides food and fodder, grows in dry, salty or soggy conditions, tolerates heat, provides steady income for poor farmers, and can be used to produce ethanol. Sweet sorghum, a plant that grows to a height of 12 feet and looks like corn without the ears, has all these qualities.
Sorghum production in Queensland
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World-wide focus on reverse genetics sorghum trial, Queensland Country Life - FarmOnline 22/12/2008 4:00:00 AM
The quest for commercially productive grain sorghum traits are literally "in the bag" for sorghum researchers who have initiated the world's biggest sorghum reverse genetics project.
Identification of QTL for sugar-related traits in a sweet × grain sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) recombinant inbred population, Kimberley B. Ritter, David R. Jordan, Scott C. Chapman, Ian D. Godwin, Emma S. Mace and C. Lynne McIntyre, Molecular Breeding 22(3):367-384 (October, 2008).
An assessment of the genetic relationship between sweet and grain sorghums, within Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor (L.) Moench, using AFLP markers, Kimberley B. Ritter, C. Lynne McIntyre, Ian D. Godwin, David R. Jordan and Scott C. Chapman, Euphytica 157(1-2):161-176 (September, 2007).
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