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Unlocking Plant Secrets One Cell at a Time: Reflections from GRC 2025
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 02 December 2025

This August, I had the honor of representing the AgBioData Single-Cell Biocuration Working Group at the Gordon Research Conference on “Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology” in Portland, Maine. Thanks to the AgBioData Ambassador Award, I joined an incredible community of researchers from August 10-15 to explore how we are revolutionizing plant science by zooming in to the cellular level. Single-cell technologies let us see what individual cells are doing, and the insights are transforming everything from basic biology to crop development.

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Differential Genetic Responses to Drought Stress in C3 and C4 Plants: Insights for Enhancing Crop Resilience
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 01 December 2025

Research reveals that drought stress disrupts photosynthesis by down-regulating key genes in C3 (wheat) and C4 (sorghum) plants, with wheat exhibiting greater susceptibility, highlighting potential genetic targets for improving drought tolerance in crops.

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Genetic Regulation of the Multiple-Grain Spikelet Trait in Sorghum: Insights into MGS1 and Its Role in Enhancing Grain Yield
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 23 November 2025

The MGS1 gene in sorghum, encoding a MIKC-type MADS-box transcription factor, regulates the multiple-grain spikelet (MGS) trait, with natural mutations like mgs19E and mgs1BA45 significantly increasing grain yield by producing adjacent double-pistil primordia.

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Genotypic Variation in ABC Transporters Influences Cadmium Phytoremediation Potential of Sorghum
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 17 November 2025

Sorghum, a high-biomass crop, shows promise for phytoremediation of cadmium (Cd)-contaminated soils, with Cd uptake and translocation largely influenced by genotype-specific expression of ABC transporter proteins, particularly SbABCB11.

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Optimizing Sorghum–AMF Symbiosis: The Role of Sorgoleone in Enhancing Phosphorus Uptake and Plant Growth
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 10 November 2025

Sorgoleone enhances arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization in sorghum, optimizing phosphorus uptake and plant growth, with 20 µM identified as the optimal concentration for symbiotic efficiency.

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CSI Seminar Vincent Vadez, Nov 11 at 9 AM CT
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 06 November 2025

The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) will host a virtual seminar by Dr. Vincent Vadez, Crop Physiologist and Agronomist for the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), on Tuesday, November 11 at 9:00 AM CT. His talk is titled, “Transpiration efficiency and response to high sowing density: Two connected opportunities for yield improvement in sorghum.”

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Sequential SNP Prioritization Algorithm (SSPA): A Correlation-Based Post-GWAS Framework for Trait-Associated SNP Discovery in Sorghum
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 03 November 2025

The Sequential SNP Prioritization Algorithm (SSPA) refines GWAS results by leveraging correlation-based feature engineering to prioritize SNPs associated with complex traits in sorghum, providing valuable insights for functional genomics research and enabling downstream machine learning applications.

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Genetic Engineering of Sorghum for Reduced Lignin Content and Enhanced Biofuel Efficiency
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 27 October 2025

Transgenic sorghum with reduced lignin content, engineered via RNAi-mediated 4CL gene silencing, improves carbohydrate accessibility and biomass yield for enhanced biofuel production.

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Developmental Dynamics of Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Capacity in Sorghum Grain Across Genotypes and Seasons
  • SorghumBase Team
  • 20 October 2025

Researchers analyzed sorghum grain development across genotypes and growing seasons, highlighting differences in grain filling, phenolic compound synthesis, and antioxidant capacity, with phenolic accumulation shifting from early-stage phenolic acids to flavonoid dominance in mature grains.

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