Growing sorghum in all day lengths
Scientists at the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India are busy improving six sorghum varieties from Nigeria so that they do not depend on specific periods of sunlight to produce grain. Technically speaking, the plants are made 'photoperiod-insensitive': they flower and produce grain no matter how many hours of sunlight are available whilst they are growing. ICRISAT's breeders have already developed photo-period-insensitive plants from Sudanese and Ethiopian varieties. They are using techniques based on those originally developed at Texas A & M University. Photoperiod-insensitive lines are easier for breeders to work with because they flower after a set number of days no matter what time of the year they are planted
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| Language: | English |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1986
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44423 http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta01e/ |
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| Summary: | Scientists at the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India are busy improving six sorghum varieties from Nigeria so that they do not depend on specific periods of sunlight to produce grain. Technically speaking, the plants are made 'photoperiod-insensitive': they flower and produce grain no matter how many hours of sunlight are available whilst they are growing.
ICRISAT's breeders have already developed photo-period-insensitive plants from Sudanese and Ethiopian varieties. They are using techniques based on those originally developed at Texas A & M University. Photoperiod-insensitive lines are easier for breeders to work with because they flower after a set number of days no matter what time of the year they are planted |
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