Table 1.

Summary of variation for 100-seed mass in global sorghum germplasm

Botanical race	Number of accessions	Seed mass (g)a
		GRIN	ICRISAT	BLUP
Bicolor	84	1.9 ± 0.65 [0.9, 4.4]	1.9 ± 0.60 [0.64, 3.8]	−0.73 ± 0.47 [−1.7, 0.54]
Caudatum	362	2.6 ± 0.99 [0.7, 5.8]	2.7 ± 1.0 [0.63, 6.5]	−0.07 ± 0.84 [−1.7, 2.9]
Caudatum-bicolor	78	2.4 ± 0.72 [1.0, 4.2]	2.8 ± 1.0 [0.99, 6.0]	−0.12 ± 0.67 [−1.5, 1.7]
Durra	258	3.0 ± 0.80 [1.5, 5.2]	3.2 ± 0.87 [1.2, 6.6]	0.31 ± 0.67 [−1.3, 3.0]
Durra-bicolor	127	2.1 ± 0.65 [1.2, 4.7]	2.5 ± 0.71 [1.4, 5.4]	−0.36 ± 0.57 [−1.2, 2.1]
Durra-caudatum	159	3.8 ± 1.1 [1.7, 5.7]	3.7 ± 1.2 [1.5, 6.5]	0.79 ± 0.95 [−1.0, 2.9]
Guinea	445	2.7 ± 0.60 [0.94, 4.4]	2.6 ± 0.76 [0.8, 5.0]	−0.11 ± 0.60 [−1.6, 1.7]
Guinea-caudatum	192	2.8 ± 0.72 [1.4, 4.8]	2.9 ± 0.74 [1.2, 5.7]	0.07 ± 0.59 [−1.2, 1.6]
Kafir	38	2.8 ± 0.63 [1.7, 3.9]	2.8 ± 0.43 [1.8, 4.4]	−0.01 ± 0.37 [−0.9, 1.0]
Wild	29	1.8 ± 0.71 [0.6, 3.3]	1.3 ± 0.56 [0.53, 2.5]	−1.1 ± 0.48 [−1.8, 0.11]
Overall	1901	2.7 ± 0.89 [0.6, 5.8]	2.8 ± 0.97 [0.53, 6.6]	0.0 ± 0.77 [−1.8, 3.0]

^aGiven are the mean ± standard deviation, and [minimum, maximum] across accessions for each botanical race