Table 1.

Line, type, characteristics, and associated publications for lines in this study.

Line	Type/use	Resources and characteristics	Selected publications
BTx623	Grain	Sequenced; pre-flowering drought tolerant	Hart et al., 2001; Brown et al., 2006; Murray et al., 2008b; Paterson et al., 2009
RTx430	Grain	Used for transformation; post-flowering drought susceptible	Miller, 1984; MacKinnon et al., 1987; Howe et al., 2006; Liu and Godwin, 2012; Wu et al., 2014
IS3620C	Grain	Converted inbred	Brown et al., 2006; Burow et al., 2011
BTx642	Grain	Sequenced; post-flowering drought tolerant	Subudhi et al., 2000; Evans et al., 2013
Tx7000	Grain	Elite line; pre-flowering drought tolerant, Sequenced	Subudhi et al., 2000; Kebede et al., 2001; Evans et al., 2013
SC56	Grain	Stay green; pre-flowering drought susceptible	Kebede et al., 2001
SC170	Grain	Grain mold research cultivar	Little and Magill, 2009
M35-1	Biomass/grain	RIL parent	Reddy et al., 2012
100M	Biomass	Photoperiod sensitive NIL(Maturity)	Sorrells and Myers, 1982; Childs et al., 1992; Murphy et al., 2011
Rio	Biomass/sweet	Juicy-stalked; parent line	Broadhead, 1972; Murray et al., 2008a,b; Felderhoff et al., 2012
N598	Biomass/forage	Low-lignin mutant NIL (BMR)	Pedersen et al., 2006

NIL, Near Isogenic Line; RIL, Recombinant Inbred Line; BMR, Brown Mid Rib mutant (low lignin).