Yerka and her team have tackled this issue head-on by developing 200 unique sorghum varieties, crossing more parent plants together than most researchers. “One of the biggest challenges of using ...

The higher grain yields of the evaluated sorghum hybrids are associated with the higher relative chlorophyll content, photosynthetically active leaf area, panicle diameter and mass, grain mass per ...

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Farmers are calling on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to remove the value-added tax (VAT) from sorghum products to save the struggling agriculture industry. Godongwana will deliver the budget ...

Dates of sampling and approximate GPS coordinates of sampling sites were recorded. For each sampling event, sorghum aphids and natural enemies from each taxon were counted on two leaves of each plant: ...

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno have unveiled 200 sorghum varieties that could be a game-changer in the food ... which we will then develop while keeping their identity and plant ...

Chinese scientists have identified two key genes responsible for sorghum's resistance to Striga, a parasitic plant that causes significant crop losses. The breakthrough, which also highlights the ...

and the second cereals plant (sorghum) cultivated in sandy soil. Total dry matter, nutrient content and heavy metals phytoextraction have been studied. Effect of municipal solid waste compost and ...