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Research Project:
EFFECT OF TRANSGENES FROM SORGHUM ON THE FITNESS OF SHATTERCANE X SORGHUM HYBRIDS
Location: Grain, Forage & Bioenergy Research
2005 Annual Report
4d.Progress report.
This report serves to document research conducted under a Specific Cooperative Agreement between ARS and Dr. Alex Martin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agronomy & Horticulture. Additional details of research can be found in the report for the parent project 5440-21220-024-00D Genetic improvement of sorghum for enhancing energy yield, nutrient availability, and disease resistance. Prior to deployment of transgenic sorghum, it will be necessary to assess and manage the risks associated with possible transgene flow to sorghum’s weedy relatives. The objective of this cooperative research project is to determine the effect of transgenes from sorghum on the fitness of shattercane × sorghum hybrids. Seed of T2 generation transgenic sorghum lines have been obtained from the University of California Berkeley. University of Nebraska Institutional Committee approval has been granted to advance generations of these lines to fix the transgenes in a homozygous condition. Two generations of crossing male sterility genes into shattercane to facilitate future crosses with GMO sorghum has been accomplished.
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Last Modified: 11/07/2008
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