India’s rainfed sorghum improvement: Three decades of genetic gain assessment for yield, grain quality, grain mold and shoot fly resistance

Sorghum is a climate-resilient cereal and staple food crop for more than 200 million people in arid and semi-arid countries of Asia and Africa. Despite the economic importance, the productivity of sorghum in India is constrained by biotic and abiotic stresses such as incidences of shoot fly, grain m...

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Main Authors: Mallela Venkata Nagesh Kumar, Vittal Ramya, Mahalingam Govindaraj, Appavoo Dandapani, Setaboyine Maheshwaramma, Kuyyamudi Nanaiah Ganapathy, Kosnam Kavitha, Manthati Goverdhan, Rumandla Jagadeeshwar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1056040/full