The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) will host a virtual seminar by Dr. Shengmin Sang, Distinguished Professor of Functional Foods and Human Health at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, on Tuesday, September 25 at 11:30 AM CT. Dr. Sang’s talk is titled “Hidden Health Power: How Whole Grain Bioactives Support Personalized Nutrition.”
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Researchers investigated sorghum’s proteomic responses to combined drought and heat stress, identifying key differentially expressed proteins and molecular pathways that contribute to its resilience, with insights that may aid future crop improvement.
The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) will host a virtual seminar by Dr. Joe Louis, Eberhard Professor of Entomology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, on Tuesday, September 9 at 11:00 AM CT. His talk, titled “Regulation of Sorghum Defenses Against Fall Armyworm,” will highlight ongoing research into the mechanisms underlying sorghum’s resistance to this destructive, polyphagous pest.
The Plant Genomes, Systems Biology & Engineering Meeting will be held December 3–6, 2025 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Abstract submissions are due by September 12, and regular registration rates are available through November 27 at 5:00 pm ET.
Tandem duplication of Rca genes in grasses, combined with transposable element insertions harboring heat shock elements, has driven species-specific adaptations to heat stress, enabling improved thermal tolerance and photosynthetic performance.
Research shows that the TALE transcription factors in Sorghum bicolor regulate growth, development, and stress responses, showing evolutionary conservation, tissue-specific expression, and hormone-induced activity.
The evolution of C4 photosynthesis involved the co-option of ancestral transcriptional networks and cis-regulatory elements, enhancing efficiency in carbon fixation and offering insights for engineering C4 traits in C3 crops.
