"Sorghum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant genus of the family POACEAE. The grain is used for FOOD and for ANIMAL FEED. This should not be confused with KAFFIR LIME or with KEFIR milk product.
| Descriptor ID |
D045868
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.822.894
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| Concept/Terms |
Sorghum- Sorghum
- Sorghums
- Kafir
- Kafirs
- Kaffir Corn
- Corn, Kaffir
- Corns, Kaffir
- Kaffir Corns
Sorghum halepense- Sorghum halepense
- Sorghum halepenses
- halepenses, Sorghum
- Johnsongrass
- Johnsongrasses
Sorghum bicolor- Sorghum bicolor
- Sorghum bicolors
- bicolors, Sorghum
- Sudangrass
- Sudangrasses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sorghum" by people in Profiles.
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Eggleston G, Boue S, Bett-Garber K, Verret C, Triplett A, Bechtel P. Phenolic contents, antioxidant potential and associated colour in sweet sorghum syrups compared to other commercial syrup sweeteners. J Sci Food Agric. 2021 Jan 30; 101(2):613-623.
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Cooper EA, Brenton ZW, Flinn BS, Jenkins J, Shu S, Flowers D, Luo F, Wang Y, Xia P, Barry K, Daum C, Lipzen A, Yoshinaga Y, Schmutz J, Saski C, Vermerris W, Kresovich S. A new reference genome for Sorghum bicolor reveals high levels of sequence similarity between sweet and grain genotypes: implications for the genetics of sugar metabolism. BMC Genomics. 2019 May 27; 20(1):420.
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Brenton ZW, Cooper EA, Myers MT, Boyles RE, Shakoor N, Zielinski KJ, Rauh BL, Bridges WC, Morris GP, Kresovich S. A Genomic Resource for the Development, Improvement, and Exploitation of Sorghum for Bioenergy. Genetics. 2016 Sep; 204(1):21-33.