title: Molecular Breeding of Sorghum bicolor, A Novel Energy Crop.
abstract: Currently, molecular breeding is regarded as an important tool for the improvement of many crop species. However, in sorghum, recently heralded as an important bioenergy crop, progress in this field has been relatively slow and limited. In this review, we present existing efforts targeted at genetic characterization of sorghum mutants. We also comprehensively review the different attempts made toward the isolation of genes involved in agronomically important traits, including the dissection of some sorghum quantitative trait loci (QTLs). We also explore the current status of the use of transgenic techniques in sorghum, which should be crucial for advancing sorghum molecular breeding. Through this report, we provide a useful benchmark to help assess how much more sorghum genomics and molecular breeding could be improved.
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Reynante
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ordonio
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morinaka
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sazuka
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D056804:Biofuels; D018533:Biomass; D060406:Brassinosteroids / Q000737:chemistry; D003486:Cyanides / Q000737:chemistry; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D005720:Gamma Rays; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D023281:Genomics; D005875:Gibberellins / Q000235:genetics; D006540:Herbicides / Q000737:chemistry; D008031:Lignin; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D000069600:Plant Breeding; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D045868:Sorghum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019076:Transgenes
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D060406:Brassinosteroids; D003486:Cyanides; D018744:DNA, Plant; D005875:Gibberellins; D006540:Herbicides; D010940:Plant Proteins; C080615:kafirin protein, Sorghum bicolor; D008031:Lignin; C007842:gibberellic acid
keywords: GWAS; QTL mapping; association mapping; genetic transformation; mutagenesis; mutant library; sorghum