2012 Annual Report 1a.Objectives (from AD-416): To characterize selected germplasm lines of sorghum for response to cold stress at early season and at other specified stages of development. 1b.Approach (from AD-416): Establish and conduct replicated screening of sorghum lines for disease reactions to various seedling pathogens of sorghum. 3.Progress Report: For FY 2011-2012, initial screening for reaction to seedling damping off disease was initiated using parents and 80 recombinant inbred lines from the BTx623 x PI567946 population. This project is synergistic to the research objective #2 (subobjective 2C) of the parent project 6208-21000-017-00D by providing information on disease reaction of inbred lines and promoting collaboration with university research partners.