Abstract
Sweet sorghum is highly coveted to contribute and take up food and energy challenges. A collection of 84 West Africa landraces mostly from Senegal and four control cultivars were screened to identify relevant accessions and trait combination for multi-purpose (sugar/grain/biomass). The implication of photoperiod sensitivity was particularly addressed. A total of 20 traits related to phenology, morphology, grain and sugar production were assessed in two sowing dates (July and August) at CNRA Bambey in Senegal. Late sowing resulted in shortened vegetative phase and a significant decrease in traits related to plant size, stem sugar, biomass and grain productions. Broad-sense heritability was moderate to high for most of the phenology, morphology, grain and sugar-related traits, suggesting their interest for breeding. All the traits related to plant size were positively correlated with plant sugar production except plant height. A cluster analysis identified three groups contrasting in their ability to combine sugar, grain or fodder production based on 18 traits measured for the early sowing. Clusters I and III were suitable for one purpose: grain and sugar, respectively. Cluster II was the most suitable for multi-purpose, showing the best trade-off among grain, sugar and vegetative biomass production. The best accessions for stem sugar yield belonged to durra, caudatum and their intermediate types. The relationship between internode size and sweetness should be further studied, in particular exploring their relationship with internode tissue anatomy. Further studies are also needed to evaluate the role that stay-green can play in sugar yield maintenance under post-flowering drought.
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Claim · model-written summary
Late sowing shortened the vegetative phase of sorghum.
- Organ / stage
- vegetative phasee1
- Treatment
- Late sowinge1
- Outcome
- vegetative phasee1
- Direction
- shortenede1
- Setting
- CNRA Bambey in Senegale2
SorghumNot reportedComparator
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t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e1“Late sowing resulted in shortened vegetative phase and a significant decrease in traits related to plant size, stem sugar, biomass and grain productions”
e2“assessed in two sowing dates (July and August) at CNRA Bambey in Senegal”
Claim · model-written summary
Late sowing significantly decreased traits related to plant size in sorghum.
- Treatment
- Late sowinge1
- Outcome
- traits related to plant sizee1
- Direction
- decreasee1
- Setting
- CNRA Bambey in Senegale2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e1“Late sowing resulted in shortened vegetative phase and a significant decrease in traits related to plant size, stem sugar, biomass and grain productions”
e2“assessed in two sowing dates (July and August) at CNRA Bambey in Senegal”
Claim · model-written summary
Late sowing significantly decreased stem sugar, biomass and grain production in sorghum.
- Treatment
- Late sowinge1
- Outcome
- stem sugar, biomass and grain productionse1
- Direction
- decreasee1
- Setting
- CNRA Bambey in Senegale2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e1“Late sowing resulted in shortened vegetative phase and a significant decrease in traits related to plant size, stem sugar, biomass and grain productions”
e2“assessed in two sowing dates (July and August) at CNRA Bambey in Senegal”
Claim · model-written summary
Broad-sense heritability was moderate to high for most phenology, morphology, grain and sugar-related traits of sorghum.
- Outcome
- Broad-sense heritabilitye3
- Value
- moderate to highe3
- Qualifier
- for most of the phenology, morphology, grain and sugar-related traitse3
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t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e3“Broad-sense heritability was moderate to high for most of the phenology, morphology, grain and sugar-related traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Traits related to plant size were positively correlated with plant sugar production in sorghum, except plant height.
- Treatment
- traits related to plant sizee4
- Outcome
- plant sugar productione4
- Direction
- positively correlatede4
- Qualifier
- except plant heighte4
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t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e4“All the traits related to plant size were positively correlated with plant sugar production except plant height”
Claim · model-written summary
A cluster analysis of 18 early-sown traits identified three groups of sorghum contrasting in their ability to combine sugar, grain or fodder production.
- Outcome
- ability to combine sugar, grain or fodder productione5
- Value
- three groupse5
- Qualifier
- based on 18 traits measured for the early sowinge5
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Verbatim
t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e5“A cluster analysis identified three groups contrasting in their ability to combine sugar, grain or fodder production based on 18 traits measured for the early sowing”
Claim · model-written summary
Cluster I was suitable for grain production.
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t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e6“Clusters I and III were suitable for one purpose: grain and sugar, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Cluster III was suitable for sugar production.
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t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e6“Clusters I and III were suitable for one purpose: grain and sugar, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Cluster II was the most suitable for multi-purpose use of sorghum, with the best trade-off among grain, sugar and vegetative biomass production.
- Material
- Cluster IIe7
- Outcome
- most suitable for multi-purposee7
- Qualifier
- best trade-off among grain, sugar and vegetative biomass productione7
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t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e7“Cluster II was the most suitable for multi-purpose, showing the best trade-off among grain, sugar and vegetative biomass production”
Claim · model-written summary
The best accessions for stem sugar yield belonged to durra, caudatum and their intermediate types of sorghum.
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t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e7“The best accessions for stem sugar yield belonged to durra, caudatum and their intermediate types”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest that the sorghum traits have interest for breeding.
- Outcome
- interest for breedinge7
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t0“multi-purpose sorghum”
e7“suggesting their interest for breeding”
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