Improvement of sorghum through
transgenic technology
KBRS Visarada and N Sai Kishore
For a large part of Asia and Africa,
sorghum’s grain is used as food and its stalk as fodder and
feed. Resistance to abiotic stresses and biotic stresses
such as shoot fly, stem borer, grain mold, and charcoal rot
is limited due to inadequate genetic resources that can be
readily used in crop improvement programs. In this article,
we present the current status, progress, and prospects in
transgenic sorghum technology and future approaches to
increase its economic value, thereby providing monetary
benefits to sorghum farmers.
Complete article:
pdf:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/artspdf/mar0701.pdf
web:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/news07.mar.htm#mar0701
