Details for: PI 692650, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, 'Tx3439'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Cultivar:

'Tx3439'

Origin:

Developed – Texas, United States

Maintained:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Received by NPGS:

31 Jan 2020

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

Cultivar:

'Tx3439'

Origin:

Developed – Texas, United States

Maintained:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Received by NPGS:

31 Jan 2020

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Tx3439'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Genotypic variance is necessary for trait improvement as limited diversity can reduce genetic gain in crop improvement. To maintain genetic diversity, a wealth of germplasm exists in the USDA-ARS sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] collection, but most of the accessions are not adapted to temperate climates. To address this issue, the Reinstated Sorghum Conversion program (RSC, circa 2009-2014) converted 155 tropical accessions to combine height, early maturing F3 and BC1 F3 families. Herein the identification of 11 germplasm lines (Reg. No. GS-###, Tx3429 to Reg. No. GS-###, Tx3439) released by Texas A&M Agrilife Research in 2019 and derived from the RSC program are described. This germplasm was derived from F3, BC1 F3, and BC1 F4 RSC families that was selected based on testcross hybrid performance for either grain or silage production. Seven lines (Tx3429-Tx3435) are grain sorghum pollinators, one line is a seed parent, and four lines (Tx3436-Tx3439) are silage pollinators. These lines combined agronomic productivity with greater genetic diversity as confirmed via genotyping-by-sequencing. These eleven parental germplasms are being released to provide new genetic diversity for forage and grain hybrid improvement programs.

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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