Identification of heterosis and combining ability in the hybrids of male sterile and restorer sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] lines

• Yizhong Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China, Sorghum Research Institute, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Sorghum Genetic and Germplasm Innovation, Shanxi Agricultural University, Yuci, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China, National Laboratory of Minor Crops Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding (in preparation), State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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• Jing Chen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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• Zhenfeng Gao,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation College of Food Science and Engineering, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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• Huiyan Wang,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sorghum Research Institute, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Sorghum Genetic and Germplasm Innovation, Shanxi Agricultural University, Yuci, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China, National Laboratory of Minor Crops Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding (in preparation), State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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• Du Liang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Sorghum Research Institute, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Sorghum Genetic and Germplasm Innovation, Shanxi Agricultural University, Yuci, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China, National Laboratory of Minor Crops Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding (in preparation), State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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• Qi Guo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Sorghum Research Institute, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Sorghum Genetic and Germplasm Innovation, Shanxi Agricultural University, Yuci, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China, National Laboratory of Minor Crops Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding (in preparation), State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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• Xiaojuan Zhang,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliations Sorghum Research Institute, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Sorghum Genetic and Germplasm Innovation, Shanxi Agricultural University, Yuci, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China, National Laboratory of Minor Crops Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding (in preparation), State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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• Xinqi Fan,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliations Sorghum Research Institute, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Sorghum Genetic and Germplasm Innovation, Shanxi Agricultural University, Yuci, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China, National Laboratory of Minor Crops Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding (in preparation), State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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• Yuxiang Wu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yuxiangwu2009@hotmail.com

  Affiliation College of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7654-351X

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• Qingshan Liu

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation National Laboratory of Minor Crops Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding (in preparation), State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

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