Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Amaranthus Progress Report 2020

Thumbnail Image
Date
2020-10-15
Authors
Brenner, David
Major Professor
Advisor
Committee Member
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Authors
Person
Brenner, David
Research Scientist III
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Organizational Unit
Agronomy

The Department of Agronomy seeks to teach the study of the farm-field, its crops, and its science and management. It originally consisted of three sub-departments to do this: Soils, Farm-Crops, and Agricultural Engineering (which became its own department in 1907). Today, the department teaches crop sciences and breeding, soil sciences, meteorology, agroecology, and biotechnology.

History
The Department of Agronomy was formed in 1902. From 1917 to 1935 it was known as the Department of Farm Crops and Soils.

Dates of Existence
1902–present

Historical Names

  • Department of Farm Crops and Soils (1917–1935)

Related Units

Organizational Unit
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
The North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station manages and provides plant genetic resources and associated information. As a result of working at the station, student employees should improve their professional skills related to communications, ethics, leadership, problem solving, technical agronomy, international awareness, and an appreciation of diversity.
Journal Issue
Is Version Of
Versions
Series
Department
AgronomyNorth Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Abstract

Male sterility is useful for plant breeders to cross-pollinate between plants, especially plants with many small flowers. Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a way of managing male sterility to get populations of 100% male sterile plants to use as females in plant crossing. In many crops especially sunflowers, and sorghum, most of the cultivars are F1 hybrids made with CMS to benefit from hybrid vigor (heterosis) and thereby improve performance over open pollinated cultivars (Kim and Zhang, 2018). CMS may someday be used to produce improved seeds for amaranths as is already done with those crops (Peters and Jain, 1987; Brenner, 2020). We in the United States National Plant Germplasm System are assembling useful germplasm and information for crop improvement including CMS amaranths (GRIN, 2020a).

Comments

This proceeding is published as Brenner, D.M., 2020. Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Amaranthus Progress Report 2020. p. 99–101 In Tópicos Selectos Del Amaranto, Escenarios en tiempo de pandemia, proceedings, En el marco del 3er Congreso Nacional y 1er Diálogo Latinoamericano del Amaranto. 15-17 Oct. 2020. Mexico DF, Mexico.

Description
Keywords
Citation
DOI
Source
Copyright