Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 9-14.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2019-0035

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Research Progress on the Stem Juiciness of Sweet Sorghum

LENG Chuan-yuan1,2, HAO Huai-qing1, JING Hai-chun1,2   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Plant Resources,Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Science,Beijing 100093;
    2.University of Chinese Academy of Science,Beijing 100049
  • Received:2018-01-09 Online:2019-05-26 Published:2019-05-23

Abstract: Sweet sorghum(Sorghum bicolor)is recognized as a new ideal biofuel crop with the remarkable of stems accumulating high amounts of water and sugars,and the water content in stem has an important influence on the sugar yield of sweet sorghum. Recent significant progress has been achieved in the studies of stem juiciness in sweet sorghum with the development of plant molecular biology and large-scale re-sequencing technology. This paper reviews the progress in the stem juiciness of sweet sorghum and prospects the future research,aiming to fully understand the regulation mechanism of stem juiciness in sweet sorghum and provide a theoretical basis for accurate molecular breeding.

Key words: sweet sorghum, stem, water, sugar