Post-flowering drought reducing sorghum yield
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The gap
Post-flowering drought reducing sorghum yield. Limited genetic variability in sorghum for stay green and yield traits. Selection of promising segregants with drought tolerant ability and high yield.
Evidence profile
Sourced from the stated research gap and stated challenges and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 6 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 7 representative gaps
- Projected climate change impact on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) yield in Fedis district Eastern Ethiopia (2026) · Discover Sustainability · doi
The impacts of climate change on sorghum yield in Fedis district, Eastern Ethiopia, are not well understood. There is a need to evaluate the effectiveness of different sowing windows and planting densities to enhance sorghum yield under future climate conditions.
generalstated research gapKeywords: impacts climate change sorghum yield fedis district eastern - Projected climate change impact on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) yield in Fedis district Eastern Ethiopia (2026) · Discover Sustainability · doi
The study faces the challenge of accurately simulating sorghum yield under future climate conditions. The study also faces the challenge of evaluating the effectiveness of different sowing windows and planting densities to enhance sorghum yield under future climate conditions. The study requires high-quality climate data and field experimental data to calibrate and validate the models.
generalstated challengesKeywords: study faces challenge accurately simulating sorghum yield future - Irrigated Sorghum as a Strategy for Farmers’ Climate Resilience in Chad (2026) · Journal of Agricultural Science · doi
There is a need to explore innovative approaches to improve sorghum production in the context of climate change. The potential of irrigating sorghum to improve farmers' climate resilience in Chad has not been fully explored.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need explore innovative approaches improve sorghum production - Modelling genotype and environment interactions to delineate sorghum target population environments in Senegal (2026) · Discover Agriculture · doi
The study addresses the challenge of genotype × environment interactions in sorghum breeding, which is a critical gap in current research. The study develops a quantitative framework to define and characterize target population environments, which is a novel contribution to the field.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: study addresses challenge genotype environment interactions sorghum breeding - Irrigated Sorghum as a Strategy for Farmers’ Climate Resilience in Chad (2026) · Journal of Agricultural Science · doi
Climate change poses a significant threat to sorghum production in sub-Saharan Africa. Limited access to agricultural water is a major challenge for farmers in the region. Soil fertility management is a critical challenge in irrigated sorghum production.
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: climate change poses significant threat sorghum production sub-saharan - Genetic variability studies for stay green and different yield attributing traits in Sorghum (2026) · Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding · doi
Post-flowering drought reducing sorghum yield. Limited genetic variability in sorghum for stay green and yield traits. Selection of promising segregants with drought tolerant ability and high yield.
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: post-flowering drought reducing sorghum yield limited genetic variability - Progress in Sorghum Improvement for Early Maturity, Harvest Index, and Water‐Use Efficiency: Proxy Traits for Integrative Drought Tolerance Breeding (2025) · Food and Energy Security · cited 6× · doi
These are crucial proxy traits that can guide sorghum improvement for drought tolerance, but current information regarding their simultaneous selection and breeding progress is sparse and scattered; hence, the review aims to address this gap.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: crucial proxy traits guide sorghum improvement drought tolerance current information regarding simultaneous selection breeding progress
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