Trends and achievements in broomcorn breeding

Abstract

In the course of broomcorn, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench breeding (1) plant characters (plant height, panicle excertion from the point of view of harvesting, the idea of combined use of the plant, and earliness), (2) panicle characters (yield, defective brush types, fiber length, fiber fineness, number of fibers per panicle, fiber appearance and fiber colour) as well as (3) seed characters are considered. Special attention is payed to (4) breeding of hybrid cultivars (using male sterility) and (5) disease resistance.