1) Sorghum hybridization involves cross-pollinating sorghum plants selected for their desirable traits to produce offspring with a beneficial blend of traits. Geneticists remove the male parts from the female, or "mother" plant and transfer pollen from the desired male, or "father" plant. 2) The process of sorghum hybridization is long and tedious, requiring geneticists to cross-pollinate multiple flowers and select the offspring with the best combination of traits over several growing seasons and back-crosses to the original mother plant variety. 3) University of Nebraska scientist Ismail Dweikat works to develop sorghum hybrids adapted to African growing conditions that can withstand