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Breeding sorghum for renewables – Dr. Bill Rooney, Texas A&M ...

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Biomass Sorghum <strong>Breeding</strong><br />

• Seed Parents<br />

– Short Stature<br />

– Acceptable seed<br />

yield<br />

• Pollinator Parent<br />

– Complementary<br />

Height<br />

– Complementary<br />

Maturity<br />

– Combining Ability<br />

• Either (or both)<br />

– Disease<br />

Resistance<br />

– <strong>Dr</strong>ought<br />

Tolerance<br />

– Lodging<br />

resistance<br />

– Composition<br />

– Heterosis

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