Selection for grain yield of oats via vegetative growth rates measured at anthesis and maturity |
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Authors: | S C Gupta K J Frey R K Skrdla |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 50011 Ames, Iowa, USA;(2) Present address: Sorghum and Millet Improvement Project, Internationational Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
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Abstract: | Summary Grain yield of oats can be improved by increasing either vegetative growth rate or harvest index, but these two traits are negatively associated. Currently, harvest index of oats is near an optimum at 45%, so further improvement in grain yield must come from increased vegetative growth rate. In this study, vegetative growth rate was measured at anthesis and at maturity by dividing vegetative dry weight at anthesis and straw yield, respectively, by days to heading. Genotypic correlations between the two estimates of vegetative growth rate ranged from 0.53 to 0.66. When the highest 10% of the lines were selected for the two growth rate measurements, the actual genetic gain in grain yield was 3.5% when vegetative growth at anthesis was used, and a slight decrease occurred when vegetative growth rate at maturity was used. Selection for either growth rate measurement caused associated increases in biological and straw yields and dry weight at anthesis.Journal Paper No. J-12129 of the Iowa and Home Econ. Exp. Stn., Ames, Iowa 50011. Project 2447. Part of a study conducted by the senior author while a visiting scientist at Iowa State University. |
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Keywords: | Avena sativa oats selection harvest index vegetative growth straw weight biomass dry weight heading date heritability actual genetic gain genotypic correlation correlated response selection differential |
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