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Research Project: Genetic Improvement of Sorghum Traits that Advance Agricultural Productivity and Climate Resilience

Location: Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

A comparative assessment of yield and nutritive value of warm season annual forages for West Texas Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cruz, A., Bangari, M., Aviles, D., Impa, S., Ostmeyer, T., Ritchie, G., Hayes, C.M., Norris, A., Jagadish, K. 2025. A comparative assessment of yield and nutritive value of warm season annual forages for West Texas. Grass and Forage Science. 30:749-761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40502-025-00900-0.

Sorghum-grain-count: A large image dataset and benchmark for sorghum grain count estimation Reprint Icon - (Proceedings)
Bakshi, A., Pramanik, S., Caragea, D., Somayanda, I., Kumar, R., Bongari, M., Bean, S.R., Emendack, Y., Hayes, C.M., Jagadish, K. 2025. Sorghum-grain-count: A large image dataset and benchmark for sorghum grain count estimation. Smart Agricultural Technology. 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.101218.

General combining abilities and stability analysis of grain sorghum hybrids made across public and private sector breeding programs - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Dhurrin: An endogenous turnover n-source for early seedling growth in sorghum Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Emendack, Y., Sanchez, J.V., Laza, H.E. 2025. Dhurrin: An endogenous turnover n-source for early seedling growth in sorghum. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1558712.

A dominant multiple tiller mutant that dramatically increases biomass and grain yield in sorghum - (Abstract Only)
Pugh, N.A., Chen, J., Tian, R., Jiao, Y., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., Sattler, S.E., Xin, Z. 2024. A dominant multiple tiller mutant that dramatically increases biomass and grain yield in sorghum. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts.

High-throughput phenotyping of stay-green in a sorghum breeding program using unmanned aerial vehicles and machine learning Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Pugh, N.A., Young, A.W., Emendack, Y., Sanchez, J., Xin, Z., Hayes, C.M. 2025. High-throughput phenotyping of stay-green in a sorghum breeding program using unmanned aerial vehicles and machine learning. The Plant Phenome Journal. 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.70014.

A Leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase as a regulator in the cuticular wax deposition in sorghum Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Tian, R., Najera-Gonzalez, H., Nigam, D., Khan, A., Herrera-Estrella, L., Chen, J., Xin, Z., Jiao, Y. 2024. A Leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase as a regulator in the cuticular wax deposition in sorghum. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(20):6331-6345. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae319.

Assessment of growth and yield potential of a dominant multi-tillering sorghum mutant - (Abstract Only)
Pugh, N.A., Xin, Z., Chen, J., Burow, G.B. 2024. Assessment of growth and yield potential of a dominant multi-tillering sorghum mutant. Corn and Sorghum Improvement Conference Proceedings.

A large Sequenced Mutant library provides gene leads for breeding and genome editing - (Abstract Only)
Xin, Z., Jiao, Y., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., Chen, J., Pugh, N.A., Ware, D. 2024. A large Sequenced Mutant library provides gene leads for breeding and genome editing. Plant and Animal Genome Conference.

A large sequenced mutant library as a community resource for sorghum breeding and genomics - (Abstract Only)
Xin, Z., Jiao, Y., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., Chen, J., Pugh, N.A., Ware, D. 2024. A large sequenced mutant library as a community resource for sorghum breeding and genomics. Meeting Abstract.

Mutagenesis in the age of next-generation-sequencing and genome editing - (Other)
Xin, Z. 2023. Mutagenesis in the age of next-generation-sequencing and genome editing. Plants.

Sorghum pedigreed mutant library is an efficient resource for discovering traits for breeding and targets for genome editing - (Abstract Only)
Xin, Z. 2023. Sorghum pedigreed mutant library is an efficient resource for discovering traits for breeding and targets for genome editing. Meeting Abstract.