A novel sorghum variety designated XS7311 and seed, plants, plant parts and plant cells thereof are produced from a cross of inbred sorghum varieties. Methods for producing a sorghum plant comprise crossing hybrid sorghum variety XS7311 with another sorghum plant. Sorghum variety XS7311, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of sorghum variety XS7311 are provided. Methods for producing a sorghum plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into sorghum variety XS7311 include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation of one or both inbred parents. The sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced thereby are described.

A novel sorghum variety designated XS7441 and seed, plants, plant parts and plant cells thereof are produced from a cross of inbred sorghum varieties. Methods for producing a sorghum plant comprise crossing hybrid sorghum variety XS7441 with another sorghum plant. Sorghum variety XS7441, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of sorghum variety XS7441 are provided. Methods for producing a sorghum plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into sorghum variety XS7441 include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation of one or both inbred parents. The sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced thereby are described.

The invention provides for Sorghum plants and plant parts developed through tissue culture, gene editing, or other methods of mutagenesis in which the plant or plant parts have increased tolerance to one or more acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) herbicides at levels that would normally inhibit the growth of wild-type Sorghum plants. In this context, the Sorghum plant may be tolerant to any herbicide capable of inhibiting acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme activity. The present invention allows for the screening of ACC herbicide tolerant hybrids with markers or application of ACC inhibiting herbicides, and for the removal of unwanted vegetation with application of ACC inhibiting herbicides from seed and grain production fields.

The invention relates to the production of graft-mediated hybrid monocotyledonous plants. Methods for the production of such plants are disclosed herein.

A novel sorghum variety designated PH2877MR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety PH2877MR with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety PH2877MR with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2877MR include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety PH2877MR or a locus conversion of PH2877MR with another sorghum variety are disclosed.

A novel sorghum variety designated PH3284FR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety PH3284FR with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety PH3284FR with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH3284FR include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety PH3284FR or a locus conversion of PH3284FR with another sorghum variety are disclosed.

A novel sorghum variety designated 2PDVH43 and seed, plants, plant parts and plant cells thereof are provided. Methods for producing a sorghum plant comprise crossing sorghum variety 2PDVH43 with another sorghum plant. Sorghum variety 2PDVH43, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of sorghum variety 2PDVH43 are provided. Methods for producing a sorghum plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into sorghum variety 2PDVH43 include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. The sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced thereby are described.

High throughput methods are described for identifying combinations of mutations that can be used to improve a phenotypic feature in an organism. Large populations of organisms (e.g., plants) containing different combinations of mutations can be assessed using the methods.

Disclosed herein are markers which are associated with chilling tolerance and provide for breeding methods to identify such plants to integrate this trait into cereal plants and further to identify analogous markers in other cereal plants. Importantly, these markers are not linked with deleterious traits such as tall plant height or tannin content, providing for the creation of plant varieties and elite plant varieties with chilling tolerance, dwarf plant height and lack of tannins.

Provided herein are a sorghum genomic region, alleles, and genotypes that are shown to be associated with a cold-stress tolerance phenotype. Also provided are genetically edited plastocyanin genes that result in a cold-stress tolerance phenotype. Also provided are cold-tolerant plants comprising an introgressed genomic region associated with cold-stress tolerance.