Combining ability of seed vigor and seed yield in soybean |
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Authors: | Youngkoo Cho Roy A Scott |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Studies have shown no consensus in relationships between seed yield and vigor in soybean Glycine max (L.) Merrill]. The lack of information regarding the inheritance of seed vigor prompted this study to determine the types
of gene action and combining ability estimates for seed vigor and its related traits. Five high and six low seed vigor soybean
genotypes were crossed in a diallel, and selfed to produce 55 F2 progenies, which were examined, along with the parents, for seed vigor, yield, and seed weight. Significant genotype and
environment effects were found for seed vigor and yield. General combining ability (GCA) effects for seed vigor and seed yield
were significant (p≤ 0.01) and larger than specific combining ability (SCA) effects. Significant GCA and SCA effects were found for seed weight,
indicating that both additive and non additive genetic effects were involved in conditioning seed weight. The ratios of mean
square, 2GCA / (2GCA+SCA), were 0.96 for seed vigor and 0.93 for seed yield. These ratios indicated that additive gene effects
were more important than non additive gene effects for seed vigor and seed yield in these crosses. Mean seed vigor(83.8%),
as determined by accelerated aging germination, and mean seed yield (2,155 kg ha-1)in high vigor × high vigor crosses were higher than the high vigor × low vigor and low vigor × low vigor crosses. Mean percent
accelerated aging germination rates in F2 populations from diallel crosses were significantly related to mid-parent seed vigor(r2 = 0.52**) and midparent seed size (r2 = 0.31**). These results indicated that levels of seed vigor can be improved through breeding, while maintaining high yields because
of the predominance of GCA effects in both seed vigor and seed yield.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | accelerated aging combining ability Glycine max seed vigor seed yield |
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