Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits

Genetic variability and relationship of 13 tropical sweet corn inbred lines derived from different source populations were investigated using agronomic traits during three consecutive years. Non-significant effects of years and years-by-lines indicated the stability of performance of the inbred line...

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Main Authors: Kashiani, Pedram, Saleh, Ghizan, Psyquay Abdullah, Nur Ashikin, Abu Sin, Maizura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Experimental Institute for Cereal Research 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37528/
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author Kashiani, Pedram
Saleh, Ghizan
Psyquay Abdullah, Nur Ashikin
Abu Sin, Maizura
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Saleh, Ghizan
Psyquay Abdullah, Nur Ashikin
Abu Sin, Maizura
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description Genetic variability and relationship of 13 tropical sweet corn inbred lines derived from different source populations were investigated using agronomic traits during three consecutive years. Non-significant effects of years and years-by-lines indicated the stability of performance of the inbred lines per se over years. Contrastively, the effects of inbred lines were significant for all traits measured, indicating great genetic variability in their performance. Among the inbred lines, TSN-S8, TSK-S8, BAK-S8, MAN-S8, MMIN-S8 and TSG-S8 were found to be high yielding, with high husked fresh ear yield, dehusked fresh ear yield and number of ears per hectare, while DFS-S8 and TFZ-S8 were found to be superior for ear characteristics including husked ear length, dehusked ear length, number of kernel rows per ear and TSS. The high heritability estimates obtained from husked and dehusked fresh ear yields in this study indicate that the inbred lines have become homozygous at almost all the loci after eight generations of selfing. Husked fresh ear yield was phenotypically and genetically correlated with dehusked fresh ear yield, number of ears per hectare, husked and dehusked ear weights, dehusked ear length, husked and dehusked ear diameter, number of kernels per row and number of kernel rows per ear, indicating direct positive contribution of these traits to husked fresh ear yield. Visualizing the relationship among the inbred lines using singular value decomposition biplot analysis revealed that the inbred lines could be assigned into three distinct groups. This indicates a strong indication of the potential of the inbred lines for their utilisation towards production of new hybrid varieties by crossing the inbred lines from different groups. It can be concluded that the inbred lines studied varied substantially in many aspects, and these differences could be exploited for specific purposes in breeding programs.
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spelling upm-375282021-02-28T17:51:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37528/ Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits Kashiani, Pedram Saleh, Ghizan Psyquay Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Abu Sin, Maizura Genetic variability and relationship of 13 tropical sweet corn inbred lines derived from different source populations were investigated using agronomic traits during three consecutive years. Non-significant effects of years and years-by-lines indicated the stability of performance of the inbred lines per se over years. Contrastively, the effects of inbred lines were significant for all traits measured, indicating great genetic variability in their performance. Among the inbred lines, TSN-S8, TSK-S8, BAK-S8, MAN-S8, MMIN-S8 and TSG-S8 were found to be high yielding, with high husked fresh ear yield, dehusked fresh ear yield and number of ears per hectare, while DFS-S8 and TFZ-S8 were found to be superior for ear characteristics including husked ear length, dehusked ear length, number of kernel rows per ear and TSS. The high heritability estimates obtained from husked and dehusked fresh ear yields in this study indicate that the inbred lines have become homozygous at almost all the loci after eight generations of selfing. Husked fresh ear yield was phenotypically and genetically correlated with dehusked fresh ear yield, number of ears per hectare, husked and dehusked ear weights, dehusked ear length, husked and dehusked ear diameter, number of kernels per row and number of kernel rows per ear, indicating direct positive contribution of these traits to husked fresh ear yield. Visualizing the relationship among the inbred lines using singular value decomposition biplot analysis revealed that the inbred lines could be assigned into three distinct groups. This indicates a strong indication of the potential of the inbred lines for their utilisation towards production of new hybrid varieties by crossing the inbred lines from different groups. It can be concluded that the inbred lines studied varied substantially in many aspects, and these differences could be exploited for specific purposes in breeding programs. Experimental Institute for Cereal Research 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37528/1/CORN.pdf Kashiani, Pedram and Saleh, Ghizan and Psyquay Abdullah, Nur Ashikin and Abu Sin, Maizura (2014) Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits. Maydica, 59. pp. 275-282. ISSN 0025-6153 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287256060
spellingShingle Kashiani, Pedram
Saleh, Ghizan
Psyquay Abdullah, Nur Ashikin
Abu Sin, Maizura
Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits
title Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits
title_full Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits
title_fullStr Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits
title_short Evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits
title_sort evaluation of genetic variation and relationships among tropical sweet corn inbred lines using agronomic traits
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37528/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37528/1/CORN.pdf