SbWRKY51, a group II WRKY transcription factor in sorghum, enhances salt tolerance by maintaining ion and ROS homeostasis and promoting lignin biosynthesis to strengthen cell wall integrity under salt stress.
Hsu et al., identified distinct rhizosphere nitrogen cycling strategies across diverse Andropogoneae grasses, revealing genetic and ecological mechanisms that could inform more sustainable nitrogen use in cereal crops.
Researchers identified a novel sorghum aphid resistance QTL (qMsa-6) overlapping RMES1 and highlights SbiRTX2783.06G018400 as a key candidate gene, providing molecular targets for breeding durable, aphid-resistant sorghum.
The 39th annual Biology of Genomes meeting will take place at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory May 5-9, 2026. The conference will explore how DNA sequence variation shapes molecular evolution, population genetics, complex disease biology, and comparative genomics, as well as findings from large-scale gene and protein expression studies and genomic analyses of ecological systems.
Partial fertility in sorghum cytoplasmic male sterile lines is a complex, environmentally sensitive quantitative trait controlled by many minor-effect loci, which constrains genetic diversity in female parent lines and poses a major challenge for hybrid breeding.
The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) will host a virtual Global Conference Announcement and SorghumBase seminar on Tuesday, February 10 at 10:45 AM CT. The meeting will begin with announcements and the seminar will start at 11:00 AM CT. Nick Gladman, Andrew Olson and Doreen Ware will speak on behalf of SorghumBase with their talk, “SorghumBase: a central KnowledgeBase for Sorghum Stakeholders.”
