Details for: PI 687003, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, RTx3420

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Top Name:

RTx3420

Origin:

Developed – Texas, United States

Maintained:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Received by NPGS:

30 Mar 2018

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Top Name:

RTx3420

Origin:

Developed – Texas, United States

Maintained:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Received by NPGS:

30 Mar 2018

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Developed

Texas, United States

Developer(s):

Peterson, Gary C., Texas A&M University

Accession Names and Identifiers

RTx3420

Type: Developer identifier

Narrative

Tan plant color, lemon yellow pericarp, thin mesocarp, no awns. Three dwarf in height. Days to 50% anthesis similar to Tx2783 and RTx430 but will vary based on location. Restores fertility (R-line) in A 1 cytoplasm. Moderate to high level of resistance to sugarcane aphid [Melanaphis sacchari (L.) Zehntner).

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Genus:

Sorghum

Section:

Sorghum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Sorghinae

Nomen number:

35092

Place of publication:

Methodus 207. 1794

Comment:

for weedy sorghums see Sorghum bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii

Verified:

03/05/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse (88 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor (45835 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J. Dahlb. (61 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	great millet		1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English	Rhodesian Sudan grass		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	sorghum		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada)	sorghum	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 48-49.
French (Canada)	sorgho commun	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 48-49.

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