Source: FARM PROGRESS, 2/2/22


Anthracnose resistance in sorghum is just a gene away. Scientists with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet (SMIL) recently announced they have developed a sorghum variety they say will provide natural resistance to pathogens and pests that have crippled the crop in humid lowland areas of western Ethiopia. Their research is reported in the Jan. 9 issue of The Plant Cell, a journal of the American Society of Plant Biologists.

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