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... Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most important grain legumes in the world, but its current and future production is threatened due to the increased incidence of drought and heat stress. To address this challenge, an integrated crop improvement strategy encompassing breeding, genomics, physiology and agronomy is required. Here, we review the physiological traits known to confer drought ...
... Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have been traditionally used for the identification and comprehension of loci associate with phenotypic variation and identification of markers useful in genetic breeding programs. The GWAS was used in this work to identify chromosomal regions with significant associations with the main agronomic trait of Coffea canephora. The studied population comprised 165 ...
... Among yield contributing traits, the contribution of canopy activity related traits has been less studied. In this study, quantitative trait loci (QTL) for the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) at the seedling (NDVI-S) and grain filling (NDVI-10) stages and the chlorophyll (Chl) content at the grain filling stage (Chl-10) were mapped using three recombinant inbred line (RIL) population ...
... Leaf angle (LA) is one of the most important canopy architecture related traits in maize (Zea mays L.). However, the genetic basis of LA at canopy-wide levels is still not completely understood. In this study, one RIL population derived from two parent lines with distinct plant architecture was used for QTL mapping of LA at eight leaves below the tassel across three environments. Fifty-six QTL for ...
... Populations derived from intraspecific crosses within two mint species of Mentha spicata and M. longifolia, were studied for genetic and phenotypic coefficients of variation, heritabilities, and genetic advances in various traits including plant height, fresh and dry weights, number of branches per plant, plant canopy diameter, leaf area, and essential oil content and yield. The majority of agro-e ...
... The introduction of the short arm of rye chromosome 1R (1RS) into wheat significantly increased grain yields. Studies have shown that 1RS carries a locus controlling root biomass and improves canopy water status under water-stressed conditions. The general genetic map location of the locus is known but allelic variation would facilitate precise mapping and identification of the responsible gene(s) ...
... Although the effect of local adaptation is well documented in evolutionary biology, few studies have quantified the impact of local adaptation in plant breeding. Decentralized plant breeding programs have the potential to harness local adaptation for crop improvement, but the effectiveness of such models is understudied. We quantified the ability of a decentralized participatory plant breeding pro ...
... Plant architecture has played an important role in the adaptation of maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids to historical increases in plant density in order to maximize yields per unit area. At high density, a compact plant structure would allow for less interference by light among plants of the row and a deeper penetration of the radiation towards the lowest canopy layers, without compromising the capture ...
Coffea arabica; canopy; cultivars; hybrids; limonene; odors; sensory evaluation; Central America
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... Conventional American cultivars of coffee are no longer adapted to global warming. Finding highly productive and stable cultivars in different environments without neglecting quality characteristics has become a priority for breeders. In this study, new Arabica F1 hybrids clones were compared to conventional American varieties in seven contrasting environments, for yield, rust incidence and volume ...
... The erectophile plant architecture in maize is responsible for high plant density tolerance, yet the genetic basis for this relationship remains elusive, especially for how canopy architecture and plant height related traits at different positions respond to plant density. In this study, nine canopy traits and six plant height (PH) traits were evaluated across four environments under low plant den ...
... Salt-alkali stress causes serious abiotic damage during the growth stage of rice. Photosynthetic characteristics and their related physiological traits affect the growth and development of rice under stressed conditions. In this study, using a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from a cross between Dongnong 425 and Changbai 10 (CB10), quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for seven photosyn ...
... Drought stress is a global constraint for crop production, and improving crop tolerance to drought is of critical importance. Because transpiration cools a crop canopy, a cool canopy under drought indicates a genotype still has access to soil moisture. Because measurements of canopy temperature may be increased in scale in field environments, it is particularly attractive for large-scale, phenotyp ...
... Tuber yield, together with tuber number and size are the basic agronomic and breeding traits in Jerusalem artichoke and can be significantly affected by environmental factors. We report the results of a long term trial on the performance of 20 Jerusalem artichoke cultivars. The random model for means with restricted maximum likelihood (REML) procedure was used to estimate the overall effects of th ...
... A total of 140 diverse spring wheat lines were characterized for agronomic and physiological traits under hot field conditions, and a subset of thirteen were selected for dark leaf respiration studies (Rd). These genetic resources included synthetic-derived lines, landraces, landrace-derived lines, bread wheats, and durum wheats. Initial phenotyping showed that better heat-adapted genotypes (best ...
... Defining a minimum set of phenotypic traits that can integrate ontogeny and structure of Brassica napus L. is required for breeding and selection of high yielding and adapted genotypes to the short growing season of the upper Midwest, USA. Forward phenomics was instrumental in striking a balance between accuracy, timing and speed of capturing multi-level, spatiotemporal data at different scales of ...
... Stem elongation is a critical phase for yield formation in wheat (Triticum aestivum). This study proposes the use of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) for phenotyping of growth dynamics during wheat stem elongation in high temporal resolution and high throughput in the field. TLS was implemented on a novel field phenotyping platform carrying a cable suspended sensor head moveable in 3D over a 1 ha ...
... Soybean yield components and agronomic traits are connected through physiological pathways that impose tradeoffs through genetic and environmental constraints. Our primary aim is to assess the interdependence of soybean traits by using unsupervised machine learning techniques to divide phenotypic associations into environmental and genetic associations. This study was performed on large scale, joi ...
... Plant waxes and staygreen are distinct phenotypic traits that have been independently implicated in heat and drought tolerance among grasses. The association between these two traits has not been fully explored, which makes the exploitation of synergy between them difficult. This study assessed the association between QTL regulating the staygreen (Stg) trait in sorghum and those regulating epicuti ...
... Plant architecture is an important determinant of tomato yield because it affects light distribution within a crop canopy. One hundred and eleven lines of a BC₁F₈ population developed from Solanum lycopersicum ‘M570018’ and its wild relative Solanum pimpinellifolium (PI124039) were grown in a glasshouse in spring and autumn, and plant architecture traits evaluated at two leaf positions: the last l ...
Zea mays; canopy; chromosome mapping; chromosomes; corn; epistasis; parents; plant breeding; plant density; planting; quantitative trait loci; solar energy
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... Canopy architecture improvements are a major focus in modern maize (Zea mays L.) breeding because appropriate canopy architecture could allow for the adaptation to high-density planting and high utilisation efficiency of solar energy. Therefore, understanding the genetic basis of canopy architecture-related traits is important for maize breeding. In this study, an F₂:₃ population derived from a cr ...