A Spectrum of Sorghum

This year, the JGI helped a collaborative team produce a pangenome for Sorghum bicolor — a collection of many, many sorghum genome sequences. Lined up and analyzed consistently, these data let researchers compare and learn from a range of different versions of this plant. This opens the door to growing sorghum — and other crops — to more effectively produce biofuels and bioproducts. In the episode, Nadia Shakoor (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) walks us through growing sorghum fro...