Genotype × environment interaction in Norway spruce involving three levels of genetic control: seed source, clone mixture, and clone

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1172-1181 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. G. Bentzer ◽  
G. S. Foster ◽  
A. R. Hellberg ◽  
A. C. Podzorski
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Control ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Regression Coefficients ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Control Seed ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Average Individual

A total of 913 Piceaabies (L.) Karst. clones was tested for height at ages 1 and 5 in two series on six and three locations, respectively, in Sweden. The genotype × environment interaction was studied for three levels of genetic control, i.e., seedling checklot, clone mixture, and clone. Stability of all three was estimated using regression coefficients. The alternative method, genetic correlation between locations, was also used to measure stability. Height differences among seedling checklots and among clones were substantial at age 5, while the variation among clone mixtures was not significant. Genotype × environment interaction was found to be significant for clones and accounted for an average of 2.1% of the total variance at age 5. No significant interaction was found between mixtures and locations. The genotype × environment interaction for seedling checklots was not significant and accounted for 0.5% of the total variation at age 5. The stability of seedling checklots at age 5 was high. For the clone mixtures, stability was found to be about average. Individual clones showed wide variation in stability. There was an apparent negative relationship between clone performance and stability. Genetic correlations indicated close agreement between locations in the ranking of clones for height growth.

GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION OF YIELD IN CEREAL CROPS IN NORTHWESTERN CANADA

1981 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. De PAUW ◽  
D. G. FARIS ◽  
C. J. WILLIAMS
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Regression Coefficients ◽  
Cereal Crops ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Ge Interaction ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Early Maturing ◽  
Frost Free Period ◽  
Main Effects

Three cultivars of each crop, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), oats (Avena sativa L.), and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), were grown for 4 yr at five locations north of the 55th parallel in northwestern Canada. There were highly significant differences among all main effects and interactions. Galt barley produced the highest seed yield followed by Centennial barley, Random oats and Harmon oats. Victory oats, Olli barley, Neepawa wheat and Pitic 62 wheat yielded similarly to each other while Thatcher wheat was significantly lower yielding. Mean environment yields ranged from 2080 to 5610 kg/ha. The genotype-environment (GE) interaction of species and cultivars was sufficiently complicated that it could not be characterized by one or two statistics (e.g., stability variances or regression coefficients). However, variability in frost-free period among years and locations contributed to the GE interaction because, for example, some cultivars yielded well (e.g., Pitic 62) only in those year-location environments with a relatively long frost-free period while other early maturing cultivars (e.g., Olli) performed well even in a short frost-free period environment.

Adaptation of field pea varieties to organic farming across different environments of Italy

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Pecetti ◽  
Angelo R. Marcotrigiano ◽  
Luigi Russi ◽  
Massimo Romani ◽  
Paolo Annicchiarico
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Ascochyta Blight ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Climatic Regions ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction

This study aimed to support field pea (Pisum sativum L.) breeding strategies for organic systems of southern European environments, by assessing the size of genotype × environment interaction (GEI) due to spatial and temporal factors across climatically contrasting regions and identifying plant characters associated with genotype adaptive responses. Twelve recent varieties were evaluated for grain yield and other traits in six organically managed environments (three sites × two cropping years) of northern, central and southern Italy. GEI for grain yield was large, with the variety × site × year interaction greatly exceeding the variety × site interaction. This finding, and the similar magnitude of the mean genetic correlations for variety yields across pairs of sites (rg = 0.56) and pairs of years (rg = 0.51), indicated the difficulty of exploiting variety × site interaction effects by breeding for specific climatic regions. Pattern analysis highlighted the large inconsistency across years for GEI pattern of the sites from central and southern Italy. GEI also complicated the targeting of varieties, owing to inconsistent top-performing material across years according to additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI)-modelled yields. Higher genotype mean yield was strictly associated (P < 0.01) with lower weed proportion (hence, greater competitiveness against weeds: r = –0.96), taller plants (r = 0.89) and larger seeds (r = 0.78), with looser associations with lower susceptibility to lodging and ascochyta blight. These traits, which also contributed to preferential adaptation to the moisture-favourable environments of northern Italy, could be selected in breeding widely adapted varieties.

scholarly journals Genetic variability for girth growth and rubber yield in Hevea brasiliensis

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo de Souza Gonçalves ◽  
Marcelo de Almeida Silva ◽  
Ligia Regina Lima Gouvêa ◽  
Erivaldo José Scaloppi Junior
Keyword(s):  
Hevea Brasiliensis ◽  
Genetic Parameters ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Genetic And Phenotypic Correlations ◽  
High Heritability ◽  
Selection Intensities

Basic knowledge of genetic characteristics of populations is necessary to conduct effective breeding and selection. The objective of this paper is describing the genetic variation of rubber yield and the correlation with other traits, and estimating the genetic parameters for girth growth and total number of latex vessels. Sixty seven clones of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Adr. de Juss.) Muell.-Arg. were tested at five sites during 10 years. Characters girth growth at panel opening and rubber yield, showed broad sense heritability on plot mean level, from 0.32 to 0.66 and 0.59 to 0.92, respectively. Predicted genetic gains equal to 0.73 cm and 0.79 g increase respectively on girth and yield in the opening panel and mature phases seems realistic, even with moderate selection intensities. Genetic correlations with rubber yield, bark thickness and total number of latex vessels were very large, and almost no genotype-environment interaction was present for girth growth. High genotype-environment interaction was present for rubber yield with genetic and phenotypic correlations across the sites, ranging from 0.64 to 0.92 (genetic) and 0.63 to 0.89 (phenotypic). Total number of latex vessels rings had a high heritability, ranging from 20.0% to 64.0% in the sites E and B, respectively.

scholarly journals Genotype Environment Interaction in Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativusL.) Lines

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Polignano ◽  
V. Bisignano ◽  
V. Tomaselli ◽  
P. Uggenti ◽  
V. Alba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Grass Pea ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Marginal Areas ◽  
Different Seasons ◽  
The Stability

Eight grass pea lines grown in three different seasons were evaluated for the stability of seed yield, 100 seeds weight, flowering time, plant height, and biomass. Significant differences existed among years, lines, and lines years interaction for all traits except for 100 seeds weight. Two methods of multivariate analysis cluster and principal components were utilized to determine: firstly, whether a pattern existed among lines in their response across years and secondly to examine the relationships among them. In both analyses, each line was presented as a vector whose elements were given by the performance of lines in each year. The analyses used arranged the lines into groups that were differentiable in terms of performances and stability. Our results provide useful information to aid the choice of grass pea lines in the Mediterranean marginal areas.

scholarly journals Genotype x Environment Interaction in Maritime Pine Families in Galicia, Northwest Spain

2004 ◽  
Vol 53 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 175-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Zas ◽  
E. Merlo ◽  
J. Fernández-López
Keyword(s):  
Variance Component ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Maritime Pine ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Nw Spain ◽  
Genotype X Environment ◽  
Pinus Pinaster Ait ◽  
Sib Families ◽  
The Stability

SummaryThe magnitude and practical importance of family x site interactions for growth and form traits in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) breeding in the coastal area of Galicia (NW Spain) were analysed using several different techniques. Data were from 58 8-yr-old half-sib families planted across four sites. The analysis of variance and the ratio of interaction to family variance component showed the interactions to be quantitatively important for several traits, especially for volume and straightness. Genetic correlations between the same trait at different sites were moderate and highly variable, especially for certain pairs of sites. The results indicated that interactions are a consequence of few highly interactive families that may be particularly sensitive to environmental variation. The removal of these families from the breeding program appeared as an effective strategy to solve the interactions. Results are discussed in relation to the stability parameter considered to identify the most unstable progenies.

scholarly journals Prediction of Hevea progeny performance in the presence of genotype-environment interaction

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo de Souza Gonçalves ◽  
Mário Luiz Teixeira de Moraes ◽  
Marcelo de Almeida Silva ◽  
Lígia Regina Lima Gouvêa ◽  
Adriano Tosoni da Eira Aguiar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regression Coefficients ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Bark Thickness ◽  
Environmental Index ◽  
Asian Origin ◽  
Genotype X Environment ◽  
General Stability ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Genetically Improved ◽  
Linear Regressions

Twenty two open-pollinated Hevea progenies from different parental clones of the Asian origin were tested at five sites in the Northwestern São Paulo State Brazil to investigate the progeny girth growth, rubber yield, bark thickness and plant height. Except for the rubber yield, the analysis of variance indicated highly significant (p<0.01) genotype x environment interaction and heterogeneity of regressions among the progenies. However, the regression stability analysis identified only a few interacting progenies which had regression coefficients significantly different from the expected value of one. The linear regressions of the progeny mean performance at each test on an environmental index (mean of all the progenies in each test) showed the general stability and adaptability of most selected Hevea progenies over the test environments. The few progenies which were responsive and high yielding on different test sites could be used to maximize the rubber cultivars productivity and to obtain the best use of the genetically improved stock under different environmental conditions.

Selecting stable and high-yielding sorghum cultivars for the semi-arid tropics

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-762
Author(s):  
O. P. Dangi ◽  
R. I. Hamilton ◽  
C. S. Lin ◽  
D. Andre ◽  
J. J. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
High Yield ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Stability Parameters ◽  
The North ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Northern Cameroon ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Extreme North

A sorghum breeding program was reactivated in 1981 and selected cultivars, along with local checks, were evaluated in two experiments in the sorghum growing region of northern Cameroon. Experiment 1 was conducted in the Extreme North Province where annual rainfall ranges from 450 to 850 mm. Experiment 2 was conducted in the North Province where annual rainfall exceeds 850 mm. The objective of the study was to select a high yield and high stability sorghum cultivar for each region. The cultivar's responses were investigated using two analyses: the adaptability analysis and the stability analysis. The former used the method of superiority measure, defined by distance mean square between the test cultivar and the maximum (the highest yield in the location), and the latter used type 4 stability parameter, defined by the years within location mean square averaged over all locations. The conceptual separation of adaptability and stability facilitated the cultivars assessment. The results showed that in exp. 1, three cultivars S–35, CS–54 and CS–61 had similar adaptability and stability, while in the exp. 2, S–34 was best in terms of yield but was unstable due to susceptibility to grain mold. In contrast, the second best cultivar CS–63 was poorer in the high-yielding environments but was more stable than S–34. Key words: Sorghum, genotype-environment interaction, adaptability, stability parameters

Genetic improvement of resistance to cyclaneusma needle cast in Pinus radiata

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Suontama ◽  
Yongjun Li ◽  
Charlie B. Low ◽  
Heidi S. Dungey
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Progeny Testing ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Needle Cast ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Selection For

Progeny testing of resistance to needle loss caused by Cyclaneusma minus (cyclaneusma needle cast) has been included in the needle disease resistance strategy of Pinus radiata D. Don in New Zealand since the late 1970s. Data on progeny trials, two in the North Island of New Zealand and one in Tasmania, Australia, were available to estimate heritability between trait genetic correlations and genotype × environment interaction. Resistance to cyclaneusma needle cast had moderate estimates of heritability (0.25 to 0.46) at all sites. Genetic correlations between the assessed traits indicated that selection for faster early growth, i.e., tree height at age 4 years and diameter at breast height at age 6 years, favours trees that are prone to Cyclaneusma infection, while a favourable genetic association between resistance to cyclaneusma needle cast and productivity was evident at a later assessment at age 9 years. No significant genotype × environment interaction was found for resistance to cyclaneusma needle cast; however, stability of genotypes across a wider range of environments and with a high genetic connectedness requires more research. Considerable genetic improvement can be achieved for resistance to cyclaneusma needle cast and indirect selection for the trait should be pursued by selecting for productivity and culling susceptible genotypes from breeding.

Heritability and genetic correlations for stem diameter and branch characteristics in white spruce

1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 494-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Merrill ◽  
C. A. Mohn
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Selection Procedure ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Stem Diameter ◽  
Branch Diameter ◽  
Branch Angle ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Number Of Branches

Heritabilities were calculated for several traits in a selected population of 20-year-old Piceaglauca (Moench) Voss. The population had been modified by selection for rapid height growth at ages 12 and 18 years. Heritability estimates were moderate for branch angle and low for stem diameter, branch diameter, and number of branches per whorl. The genetic correlations among the traits indicated a negative relationship between rapid growth and desirable branch characters, although the correlations were generally small. The use of a two-stage selection procedure, selecting initially for rapid growth and subsequently for desirable branching traits, appears feasible in this population.

Estimating Genotype × Environment Interaction for and Genetic Correlations among Drought Tolerance Traits in Maize via Factor Analytic Multiplicative Mixed Models

Crop Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaio Olímpio Das Graças Dias ◽  
Salvador Alejandro Gezan ◽  
Claudia Teixeira Guimarães ◽  
Sidney Netto Parentoni ◽  
Paulo Evaristo de Oliveira Guimarães ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Mixed Models ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Factor Analytic
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