Huang, Y and Sharma, H C and Dhillon, M K (2013) Bridging conventional and molecular genetics of sorghum insect resistance. In: Genomics of the Saccharinae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, 11 . Springer, New York, pp. 367-389. ISBN 978-1-4419-5946-1
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Abstract
Sustainable production of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, depends on effective control of insect pests as they continue to compete with humans for the sorghum crop. Insect pests are a major constraint in sorghum production, and nearly 150 insect species are serious pests of this crop worldwide and cause more than 9% loss annually. Annual losses due to insect pests in sorghum have been estimated to be $1,089 million in the semiarid tropics (ICRISAT Annual report 1991. International Crop Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1992), but differing in magnitude on a regional basis. Key insect pests in the USA include the greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani); sorghum midge, Stenodiplosis sorghicola (Coquillett); and various caterpillars in the Southern areas. For example, damage by greenbug to sorghum is estimated to cost US producers $248 million annually. The major insect pests of sorghum on a global basis are the greenbug, sorghum midge, sorghum shoot fly (Atherigona soccata Rond.), stem borers (Chilo partellus Swin. and Busseola fusca Fuller), and armyworms (Mythimna separata Walk and Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith). Recent advances in sorghum genetics, genomics, and breeding have led to development of some cutting-edge molecular technologies that are complementary to genetic improvement of this crop for insect pest management. Genome sequencing and genome mapping have accelerated the pace of gene discovery in sorghum...
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Divisions: | RP-Grain Legumes |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals |
| Series Name: | Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Molecular genetics, Sorghum, Insect resistance |
| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2013 11:05 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2016 08:27 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/6949 |
| Acknowledgement: | UNSPECIFIED |
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