Project
Water and Temperature Effects on Sorghum and Millet as Related to Grain Production and Breeding
Details
Project Code:
NU-116
Start Date:
1979
End Date:
1991
CRSP Phase:
Not Available
Budget:
Not Available
Participants
Lead University:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Other Partners:
Collaborating Scientists' Institutions: Agricultural Research Center (Sudan); INRAN (Niger); ICRISAT (India); Mexican National Sorghum Program, Nuevo Leon University, Graduate College, Chapingo (Mexico); Kansas State University, DeKalb-Pfizer, NC+, Pioneer (US)
Principal Investigator(s):
Jerry D. Eastin
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
None
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Overview
This project seeks to develop stress resistant and water responsive sorghum genotypes.
Objectives
1. Develop and apply practical sorghum stress screening in the U.S. and LDC's. 2. Continue sterilization of new stress resistant B lines and produce new hybrids. 3. Continue cool night temperature water-conserving cultural practice research in western Nebraska. 4. Continue cultural practice/cropping system/physiological!/ research in Niger, Sudan and western Kansas. 5. Develop canopy photosynthesis/transpiration/water use efficiency (WUE) measurement techniques. 6. Cooperate on USDA/OICD Dryland Agriculture projects in India
Outcomes
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