Rai, K.N., Murty, D.S., Andrews, D.J., and Bramel-Cox, P.J. (1999) Genetic enhancement of pearl millet and sorghum for the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Genome 42: 617-628. (Germplasm resources, other uses for sorghum, misc info). pdf

FAO and ICRISAT. (1996) The world sorghum and millet economies: Facts, trends and outlook. Rome, Italy: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Patancheru, A.P. 502 324, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT). 72 pp. Full text
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Maps, BACs, QTLs and Marker-Assisted Selection:
Feltus, F.A., Hart, G.E., Schertz, K.F., Casa, A.M., Kresovich, S., Abraham, S., Klein, P.E., Brown, P.J., and Paterson, A.H. (2006) Alignment of genetic maps and QTLs between inter- and intra-specific sorghum populations. Theor. Appl. Genet. (DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0232-3) Abstract

Kim JS, Klein PE, Klein RR, et al. (2005) Molecular cytogenetic maps of sorghum linkage groups 2 and 8. Genetics 169: 955-965. Full text or pdf

Klein RR, Klein PE, Mullet JE, et al. (2005) Fertility restorer locus Rf1 of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) encodes a pentatricopeptide repeat protein not present in the colinear region of rice chromosome 12. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111: 994-1012. Abstract

Kim JS, Klein PE, Klein RR, et al. (2005) Chromosome identification and nomenclature of Sorghum bicolor. Genetics 169: 1169-1173. Full text or pdf

Kim JS, Islam-Faridi MN, Klein PE, et al. (2005) Comprehensive molecular cytogenetic analysis of sorghum genome architecture: Distribution of euchromatin, heterochromatin, genes and recombination in comparison to rice. Genetics 171: 1963-1976. Full text or pdf

Magalhaes JV, Garvin DF, Wang YH, et al. (2004) Comparative mapping of a major aluminum tolerance gene in sorghum and other species in the Poaceae. Genetics 167: 1905-1914. Full text or pdf.

Bowers JE, Abbey C, Anderson S, et al. (2003) A high-density genetic recombination map of sequence-tagged sites for Sorghum, as a framework for comparative structural and evolutionary genomics of tropical grains and grasses. Genetics 165: 367-386. Full text or pdf.

Klein PE, Klein RR, Vrebalov J, et al. (2003) Sequence-based alignment of sorghum chromosome 3 and rice chromosome 1 reveals extensive conservation of gene order and one major chromosomal rearrangement. Plant Journal. 34: 605-621. Full text or pdf

Kim JS, Childs KL, Islam-Faridi MN, et al. (2002) Integrated karyotyping of sorghum by in situ hybridization of landed BACs. Genome 45: 402-412. pdf

Mullet JE, Klein RR, Klein PE (2002) Sorghum bicolor - an important species for comparative grass genomics and a source of beneficial genes for agriculture. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 5 (2): 118-121 abstract

Menz MA, Klein RR, Mullet JE, et al. (2002) A high-density genetic map of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench based on 2926 AFLP, RFLP and SSR markers. Plant Molecular Biology 48: 483-499. Abstract

Islam-Faridi MN, Childs KL, Klein PE, et al. (2002) A molecular cytogenetic map of sorghum chromosome 1: Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis with mapped bacterial artificial chromosomes. Genetics 161: 345-353. Full text or pdf

Agrama, H.A., Widle, G.E., Reese, J.C., Campbell, L.R., and Tuinstra, M.R. 2002. Genetic mapping of QTLs associated with green bug resistance and tolerance in Sorghum bicolor. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 104: 1373-1378 abstract

Hart, G.E., Schertz, K.F., Peng, Y., and Syed, N.Y. (2002) Genetic mapping of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench QTLs that control variation in tillering and other morphological characters. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 103: 1232-1242. Abstract

Hash, C.T., Schaffert, R.E., and Peacock, J.M. (2002) Prospects for using conventional techniques and molecular biological tools to enhance performance of "orphan" crop plants on soils low in available phosphorus. Plant and Soil 245: 135-146. Abstract

Haussmann, B.I.G., Hess, D.E., Seetharama, N., Welz, H.G., and Geiger, H.H. (2002) Construction of a combined sorghum linkage map from two recombinant inbred populations using AFLP, SSR, RFLP, and RAPD markers, and comparison with other sorghum maps. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 629-637. Abstract

Haussmann, B.I.G., Mahalakshmi, V., Reddy, B.V.S., Seetharama, N., Hash, C.T., and Geiger, H.H. (2002). QTL mapping of stay-green in two sorghum recombinant inbred populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106: 143-148.Abstract

Hicks, C., Tuinstra, M.R., Pedersen, J.F., Dowell, F.E., and Kofoid, K.D. (2002) Genetic analysis of feed quality and seed weight of sorghum inbred lines and hybrids using analytical methods and NIRS. Euphytica 127: 31-40. Abstract

Katsar, C.S., Paterson, A.H., Teetes, G.L., and Peterson, G.C. (2002) Molecular analysis of sorghum resistance to the greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae). Journal of Economic Entomology 95: 448-457. Abstract

Kebede, H., Subudhi, P.K., Rosenow, D.T., and Nguyen, H.T. (2001) Quantitative trait loci influencing drought tolerance in grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 103: 266-276. Abstract

Draye, X., Lin, Y-R., Qian, X.-Y., Bowers, J.E., Burow, G.B., Morrell, P.L., Peterson, D.G., Presting, G.G., Ren, S.X., Wing, R.A., and Paterson, A.H. (2001) Toward integration of comparative genetic, physical, diversity, and cytomolecular maps for grasses and grains, using the sorghum genome as a foundation. Plant Physiology 125: 1325-1341. Full text or pdf.

Klein, R.R., Rodriguez-Herrera, R., Schlueter, J.A., Klein, P.E., Yu, Z.H., and Rooney, W.L. (2001) Identification of genomic regions that affect grain-mould incidence and other traits of agronomic importance in sorghum. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 102: 307-319. Abstract

Lijavetsky, D., Martinez, M.C., Carrari, F., and Hopp, H.E. (2000) QTL analysis and mapping of pre-harvest sprouting resistance in Sorghum. Euphytica 112: 125-135. Abstract

Witcombe, J.R., and Hash, C.T. (2000) Resistance gene deployment strategies in cereal hybrids using marker-assisted selection: Gene pyramiding, three-way hybrids, and synthetic parent populations. Euphytica 112: 175-186. Abstract

Klein, P.E., Klein, R.R., Cartinhour, S.W., Ulanch, P.E., Dong, J., Obert, J.A., Morshige, D.T., Schlueter, S.D., Childs, K.L., Ale, M., and Mullet, J.E. (2000) A high-throughput AFLP-based method for constructing integrated genetic and physical maps: Progress toward a sorghum genome map. Genome Research 10: 789-807. Full text or pdf

Subudhi, P.K., and Nguyen, H.T. (2000) Linkage group alignment of sorghum RFLP maps using a RIL mapping population. Genome 43: 240-249 pdf

Subudhi, P.K., Rosenow, D.T., and Nguyen, H.T. (2000) Quantitative trait loci for the stay green trait in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench): consistency across genetic backgrounds and environments. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 101:733-741 Abstract

Tao, Y.Z., Henzell, R.G., Jordan, D.R., Butler, D.G., Kelly, A.M., and McIntyre, C.L. (2000) Identification of genomic regions associated with stay green in sorghum by testing RILs in multiple environments. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 100: 1225-1232. Abstract

Bhattramakki, D., Dong, J., Chhabra, A.K., and Hart, G.E. (2000) An integrated SSR and RFLP linkage map of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Genome 43:988-1002. pdf

Xu, W., Subudhi, P.K., Crasta, O.R., Rosenow, D.T., Mullet, J.E., and Nguyen, N.T. (2000) Molecular mapping of QTLs conferring stay-green in grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). Genome 43: 461-469. pdf

Boivin, K., Deu, M., Rami, J-F., Trouche, G., and Hamon, P. (1999) Towards a saturated sorghum map using RFLP and AFLP markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 98: 320-328. Abstract

Crasta, O.R., Xu, W.W., Rosenow, D.T., Mullet, J., and Nguyen, H.T. (1999) Mapping of post-flowering drought resistance traits in grain sorghum: association between QTLs influencing premature senescence and maturity. Molecular and General Genetics 262: 579-588. Abstract

Peng, Y., Schertz, K.F., Cartinhour, S., and Hart, G.E. (1999) Comparative genome mapping of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench using an RFLP map constructed in a population of recombinant inbred lines. Plant Breeding 118: 225-235 Abstract

Rami, J.-F., Dufour, P., Trouche, G., Fliedel, G., Mestres, C., Davrieux, F., Blanchard, P., and Hamon, P. (1998) Quantitative trait loci for grain quality, productivity, morphological and agronomical traits in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 97: 605-616. Abstract

Tuinstra, M.R., Ejeta, G., and Goldsbrough, P.B. (1998) Evaluation of near-isogenic sorghum lines contrasting for QTL markers associated with drought tolerance. Crop Science 38: 835-842. pdf

Tuinstra, M.R., Grote, E.M., Goldsbrough, P.B., and Ejeta, G. (1997) Genetic analysis of post-flowering drought tolerance and components of grain development in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Molecular Breeding 3: 439-448. Abstract

Chittenden, L.M., Schertz, K.F., Lin, Y.-R., Wing, R.A., and Paterson, A.H. (1994) A detailed RFLP map of Sorghum bicolor × S. propinquum, suitable for high-density mapping, suggests ancestral duplication of Sorghum chromosomes or chromosomal segments. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 87: 925-933. Abstract

Xu, G.W., Magill, C.W., Schertz, K.F., and Hart, G.E. (1994) A RFLP linkage map of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 89: 139-145. Abstract

Melake Berhan, A., Hulbert, S.H., Butler, L.G., and Bennetzen, J.L. (1993) Structure and evolution of the genomes of Sorghum bicolor and Zea mays. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 86: 598-604. Abstract

Binelli, G., Gianfranceschi, L., P, M.E., Taramino, G., Busso, C., Stenhouse, J., and Ottaviano, E. (1992) Similarity of maize and sorghum genomes as revealed by maize RFLP probes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 84: 10-16 Abstract

Hulbert, S.H., Richter, T.E., Axtell, J.D., and Bennetzen, J.L. (1990) Genetic mapping and characterization of sorghum and related crops by means of maize DNA probes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 87: 4251-4255. pdf

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SSR marker development:
Schloss, S.J., Mitchell, S.E., White, G.M., Kukatla, R., Bowers, J.E., Paterson, A.H., and Kresovich, S. (2002) Characterization of RFLP probe sequences for gene discovery and SSR development in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 912-920. Abstract

Bhattramakki, D., Dong, J., Chhabra, A.K., and Hart, G.E. (2000) An integrated SSR and RFLP linkage map of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Genome 43:988-1002. pdf

Kong, L., Dong, L., and Hart, G. E. (2000) Characteristics, linkage-map positions, and allelic differentiation of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench DNA simple-sequence repeats (SSRs). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 101: 438-448. Abstract

Taramino, G., Tarchini, R., Ferrario, S., Lee, M., and Pe', M.E. (1997) Characterization and mapping of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in Sorghum bicolor. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 95: 66-72. Abstract

Brown, S.M., Hopkins, M.S., Mitchell, S.E., Senior, M.L., Wang, T.Y., Duncan R.R., Gonzalez-Candelas, F., and Kresovich, S. (1996) Multiple methods for the identification of polymorphic simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 93: 190-198. Abstract 

EST-related:
Pratt LH, Liang C, Shah M, et al. (2005) Sorghum expressed sequence tags identify signature genes for drought, pathogenesis, and skotomorphogenesis from a milestone set of 16,801 unique transcripts. Plant Physiology 139: 869-884. Abstract

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Diversity assessment:
Casa, A.M., Mitchell, S.E., Hamblin, M.T., Sun, H., Bowers, J.E., Paterson, A.H., Aquadro, C.F. and Kresovich, S. (2005) Diversity and selection in sorghum: Simultaneous analyses using simple sequence repeats (SSRs). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111: 23-30.Abstract

Grenier C, Bramel PJ, Dahlberg JA, et al. (2004) Sorghums of the Sudan: analysis of regional diversity and distribution. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 51: 489-500. Abstract

Menz MA, Klein RR, Unruh NC, et al. (2004) Genetic diversity of public inbreds of sorghum determined by mapped AFLP and SSR markers. Crop Science 44: 1236-1244. Full text or pdf

Jordan, D.R., Tao, Y., Godmin, I.D., Henzell, R.G., Cooper, M., and McIntyre, C.L. (2003). Prediction of hybrid performance in grain sorghum using RFLP markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106: 559-567. Abstract

Ghebru, B., Schmidt, R.J., and Bennetzen, J.L. (2002) Genetic diversity of Eritrean sorghum landraces assessed with simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 229-236. Abstract

Dillon, S.L., Lawrence, P.K., and Henry. R.J. (2001) The use of ribosomal ITS to determine phylogentic relationships within Sorghum. Plant Systematics and Evolution 230: 97-110. Abstract

Grenier, C., Bramel-Cox, P.J., and Hamon, P. (2001a) Core collection of sorghum: I. Stratification based on eco-geographical data. Crop Science 41: 234-240. Full text or pdf

Grenier, C., Hamon, P., and Bramel-Cox, P.J. (2001b) Core collection of sorghum: II. Comparison of three random sampling strategies. Crop Science 41: 234-240. Full text or pdf

Dje, Y., Heuertz, M., Lefebvre, C., and Vekemans, X. (2000) Assessment of genetic diversity within and among germplasm accessions in cultivated sorghum using microsatellite markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 100: 918-925. Abstract

Grenier C, Bramel-Cox PJ, Noirot M, et al. (2000a) Assessment of genetic diversity in three subsets constituted from the ICRISAT sorghum collection using random vs non-random sampling procedures A. Using morpho-agronomical and passport data. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 101: 190-196. Abstract

Grenier, C., Deu, M., Kresovich, S., Bramel-Cox, P.J., and Hamon, P. (2000b) Assessment of genetic diversity in three subsets constituted from the ICRISAT sorghum collection using random vs non-random sampling procedures. B. Using molecular markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 101: 197-202. Abstract

Smith, J.S.C., Kresovich, S., Hopkins, M.S., Mitchell, S.E., Dean, R.E., Woodman, W.L., Lee, M., and Porter, K. (2000) Genetic diversity among elite sorghum inbred lines assessed with simple sequence repeats. Crop Science 40: 226-232. Full text or pdf

Dje, Y., Forcioli, D., Ater, M., Lefebvre, C., and Vekemans, X. (1999) Assessing population genetic structure of sorghum landraces from North-western Morocco using allozyme and microsatellite markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 99: 157-163. Abstract

Dean, R.E., Dahlberg, J.A., Hopkins, M.S., Mitchell, S.E., and Kresovich, S. (1999) Genetic redundancy and diversity among 'Orange' accessions in the U.S. national sorghum collection as assessed with simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Crop Science 39: 1215-1221. pdf

Deu, M., Gonzalez-de-Leon, D., Glaszmann, J.-C., Degremont, I., Chantereau, J., Lanaud, C., and Hamon, P. (1994) RFLP diversity in cultivated sorghum in relation to racial differentiation. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 88: 838-844. Abstract

Pammi, S., Schertz, K., Xu, G., Hart, G., and Mullet, J.E. (1994) Random-amplified-polymorphic DNA markers in sorghum. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 89: 80-88. Abstract

Tao, Y., Manners, J.M., Ludlow, M.M., and Henzell, R.G. (1993) DNA polymorphism in grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 86: 679-688. Abstract

Population Genetics (selection, demography, linkage disequilibrium)

Hamblin, M.T., Fernandez, M.G.S., Casa, A.M., Mitchell, S.E, Paterson, A.H., and Kresovich, S. (2005) Equilibrium processes cannot explain high levels of short- and medium-range linkage disequilibrium in the domesticated grass Sorghum bicolor. Genetics 171:1247-1256. Full text or pdf

Hamblin, M.T., Mitchell, S.E., White, G.M., Gallego, J., Kukatla, R., Wing, R.A., Paterson, A.H., and Kresovich^, S. (2004) Comparative Population Genetics of the Panicoid Grasses: Sequence Polymorphism, Linkage Disequilibrium and Selection in a Diverse Sample of Sorghum bicolor. Genetics 167: 471-483. Full text or pdf
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Comparative genomics:

Bowers JE, Arias MA, Asher R, et al. (2005) Comparative physical mapping links conservation of microsynteny to chromosome structure and recombination in grasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 102: 13206-13211. Full text or pdf

Paterson AH, Bowers JE, Chapman BA (2004) Ancient polyploidization predating divergence of the cereals, and its consequences for comparative genomics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 101: 9903-9908. Full text or pdf

Yu, J., Hu, S., É, Yang, H. (2002) A draft sequence of the rice genome (O. sativa L. ssp. indica) Science 296: 79-92 Abstract

Gale, M.D., Flintham, J.E., and Devos, K.M. (2002) Cereal comparative genetics and preharvest sprouting. Euphytica 126: 21-25. Abstract

Dufour, P., Deu, M., Grivet, L., D'Hont, A., Paulet, F., Bouet, A., Lanaud, C., Glaszmann, J.C., and Hamon, P. (1997) Construction of a composite sorghum genome and comparison with sugarcane, a related complex polyploid. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 94: 409-418. Abstract

Devos, K.M., and Gale, M.D. (1997) Comparative genetics in the grasses. Plant Molecular Biology 35: 3-15. Abstract

Pereira, M.G., and Lee, M. (1995) Identification of genomic regions affecting plant height in sorghum and maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 90: 380-388. Abstract

Lin, Y.-R., Schertz, K.F., and Paterson, A.H. (1995) Comparative analysis of QTLs affecting plant height and maturity across the Poaceae, in reference to an interspecific sorghum population. Genetics 141: 391-411. pdf

Melake Berhan, A., Hulbert, S.H., Butler, L.G., and Bennetzen, J.L. (1993) Structure and evolution of the genomes of Sorghum bicolor and Zea mays. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 86: 598-604. Abstract

Whitkus, R., Doebley, J., and Lee, M. (1992) Comparative genome mapping of sorghum and maize. Genetics 132: 1119-1130 pdf