(University of the Western Cape, 2022) Ali, Ali Elnaeim Elbasheir; Ludidi, Ndiko
Sorghum is an important crop in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The
predicted rise in global temperatures will increase the probability of exposing sorghum to heat
waves in combination with drought. Thus, production and availability of sorghum and its
products will be negatively affected. Although much progress has been made in identifying
molecular processes involved in some crop responses to drought or heat stress, knowledge on
such responses in sorghum is limited and in fact does not exist for combined drought and heat
stress in sorghum lines that respond differently to these stresses.