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Crop-to-weed introgression has impacted allelic composition of johnsongrass populations with and without recent exposure to cultivated sorghum.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2005
Morrell P L, Williams-Coplin T D, Lattu A L, Bowers J E, Chandler J M, Paterson A H
Abstract excerpt
Sorghum halepense L. (johnsongrass) is one of the world's most noxious weeds, and a paradigm for the potential dangers of crop-weed hybridization. Introduced into the southeastern United States about 200 years ago, S. halepense is a close relative of cultivated sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Both artificial crossing and experimental field studies have demonstrated the potential for S. halepensex S. bicolor hybrid...
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