Objective

More cold-tolerant sorghum plants with high contribution to humus build-up in the soil and thus improved usability of another C4-crop

Methodology

• Cultivation of test hybrids at several sites and conduct of field trials with different water availabilities
• Characterisation of the potential for C-fixation under current and changed climatic conditions for selected test hybrids
• Development of genomic prediction models for cold tolerance, early maturity, yield, total C-binding and crop residue biomass
• Use of process-based plant growth models to evaluate the cultivation potential in different growing regions and the climate protection potentials

Climate effect under consideration

Resource-efficient and climate-friendly cultivation of sorghum through optimised genotypes and higher humus production as an active contribution to C sequestration