Genome-Wide Association Study for major Biofuel Traits in Sorghum Using Minicore Collection.

CONCLUSION: This study reports large variability for agronomic and biofuel traits in the sorghum minicore collection with high heritability. The genetic architecture of cell wall components using the GWAS approach was studied and candidate genes for each component were annotated. These results give a better understanding of the genetic basis of the sorghum cell wall composition. The association analysis identified regions of the genome that could be targeted to enhance the quality of biomass and yield along with the desired composition promoting breeding efficiency for enhanced biofuel yield.
PMID: 33588716 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Protein and Peptide Letters - February 15, 2021 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Rayaprolu L, Selvanayagam S, Daggu DMR, Gupta R, Das RR, Rathore A, Gandham P, Kiranmayee KU, Deshpande SP, Are AK Tags: Protein Pept Lett Source Type: research