The Relationship Between the Stay‐Green Trait and Grain Yield in Elite Sorghum Hybrids Grown in a Range of Environments

• Published in: Crop science Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 1153 - 1161
• Main Authors: Jordan, D. R., Hunt, C. H., Cruickshank, A. W., Borrell, A. K., Henzell, R.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison, WI The Crop Science Society of America, Inc 01.05.2012; Crop Science Society of America
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Australia; Biological and medical sciences; breeding; crops; drought; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genetic background; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; grain yield; hybrids; inbred lines; lodging resistance; Sorghum bicolor; Varietal selection. Specialized plant breeding, plant breeding aims; Australia; Monocotyledones; Grains; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Hybrid; Sorghum; Herbaceous plant; Spermatophyta; Yield; Elite; High yielding variety

ABSTRACT The stay‐green drought adaptation mechanism has been widely promoted as a way of improving grain yield and lodging resistance in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and as a result has been the subject of many physiological and genetic studies. The relevance of these studies to elite sorg...