Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-07-26DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70126
Prabin Bajgain, Jacob M. Jungers, James A. Anderson
{"title":"Genetic characterization of trait architecture in multi‑population half-sib families of the perennial crop intermediate wheatgrass","authors":"Prabin Bajgain, Jacob M. Jungers, James A. Anderson","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70126","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The cool-season perennial species <i>Thinopyrum intermedium</i> (intermediate wheatgrass [IWG]) is a forage grass recognized for its extensive root structure, high biomass, and promising grain yield potential. The University of Minnesota has been domesticating IWG as a food crop since 2011. While most breeding work is carried out in spaced-planted selection nurseries, these do not represent how the plants are grown in fields for commercial grain production. Therefore, this research evaluated half-sib families (HSFs) established in sward plots over multiple locations and years to study trends in grain production as the plant stands aged. A total of 208 HSFs were assessed for plant height, grain yield, and seed size. Principal component analysis using genetic data detected a weak but visible population structure as genotypes clustered into two groups. Across the field environments, that is, 3 years and two locations in Minnesota, substantial variation in trait performance was observed. Thirty-two HSFs exhibited stable grain yield across 3 years and both locations with no decline in grain production, a crucial finding as IWG yield typically declines after the first 2 years of cultivation. Trait heritability estimates were the lowest for grain yield (0.36) and highest for the plant height (0.51). A scan of the genome for marker-trait associations identified 42 genomic loci associated with the three traits. These findings suggest that HSFs can be a valuable resource in IWG breeding programs to identify maternal genotypes and sib families with stable yield performance and should be evaluated on a regular basis.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potential utilization of two new varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris in yoghurt manufacturing","authors":"Eric Owusu Mensah, Comfort Yaa Agbodeka, Faustina Okyere, Abigail Amoa-Owusu, Florence Osei-Wusu, Comfort Frimpomaa","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Four new varieties of common bean, rich in iron and zinc, have been developed and released because of their high adaptability to different agroecological zones in Ghana. However, their potential utilization in the food systems has not been fully exploited. This present study tested the production of composite yoghurt from two varieties, <i>Adoye</i> and <i>Semenhyia</i>, and evaluated their physicochemical and sensory properties. The pH, titratable acidity (TA), and total solids of the yoghurts varied from 4.49 to 4.86, 0.16% to 0.65%, and 11.45% to 17.95%, respectively. The syneresis values obtained from the Adoye and Semenhyia milk substituted yoghurt ranged from 20.04% to 55.66% and 31.75% to 45.05%, respectively. High TA was detected in Adoye-substituted yoghurt. The cow milk yoghurt (control) obtained the highest acceptability, followed by 55% Adoye milk-substituted yoghurt. The current exploratory study indicates a high potency of utilizing milk extracted from common beans in yoghurt production. Such a venture will introduce diversity into the yoghurt market with varying physicochemical, nutritional, and organoleptic properties, and add value to the supply chain of the common bean.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decoding multi-QTL networks and candidate genes for rice grain size qGW5 using chromosomal segment substitution line Z525","authors":"Zhuowen Zhao, Keli Deng, Keying Xie, Zhuang Xie, Dachuan Wang, Yinghua Ling, Xiaoyan Zhu, Ting Zhang, Changwei Zhang, Guanghua He, Fangming Zhao","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70128","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Grain size is difficult to research due to its complex inheritance, which is usually controlled by multiple genes in traditional populations. Single segment substitution lines (SSSLs) are ideal materials for the genetic studying of these complex traits and breeding by design owing to their favorable quantitative trait loci (QTL) in the uniform genetic background. Here, we constructed a new rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) short-wide grain chromosomal segment substitution line Z525 with four substitution segments from R232 in the genetic background of Xihui18. Then, an F<sub>2</sub> population from Xihui18/Z525 was used as a segregation population to map QTL for grain size by mixed linear model method. In total, four QTL were detected, and four SSSLs (S1–S4) and five dual-segment substitution lines (DSSLs, D1–D5) were developed, and within them 15 QTL (<i>qGL5</i>, <i>qGW5</i>, <i>qRLW5</i>, <i>qGWT5</i>, <i>qGW3</i>, <i>qRLW3</i>, <i>qGWT3</i>, <i>qGL4</i>, <i>qGW4</i>, <i>qRLW4</i>, <i>qGWT4</i>, <i>qGL7</i>, <i>qGW7</i>, <i>qRLW7</i>, and <i>qGWT7</i>) were associated with grain size. Again, the genetic models of various QTL for grain size were revealed. Interaction of <i>qGW3</i> (<i>a</i> = 0.09 mm) and <i>qGW4</i> (<i>a</i> = 0.04 mm) in D1 produced −0.04 mm of epistatic effect; <i>qGW3</i> (<i>a</i> = 0.09 mm) and <i>qGW5</i> (<i>a</i> = 0.16 mm) belonged to independent inheritance in D2. Finally, by overlapping substitution mapping and DNA sequencing, we identified a novel <i>qGW5</i>, different from the reported <i>GW5</i> (5.73 Mb), within an estimated interval of 1.10 Mb of Chr.5. <i>LOC_Os05g12260</i>, <i>LOC_Os05g12570</i>, and <i>LOC_Os05g13950</i> are possible candidates for <i>qGW5</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70102
Pyame Balemirwe Mushagalusa, Paul Kitenge Kimwemwe, Dieudonné Musale Katunga, Jean Mubalama Mondo, Nadège Cizungu Cirezi, Rodrigue Basengere Ayagirwe, Samy Bashizi Bacigale, Collins Mutai, Meki Shehabu Muktar, Wilson Kimani, Chris S. Jones
{"title":"Population structure and genetic diversity of Brachiaria grass (Urochloa spp.) accessions from the Democratic Republic of Congo using DArTseq single nucleotide polymorphism markers","authors":"Pyame Balemirwe Mushagalusa, Paul Kitenge Kimwemwe, Dieudonné Musale Katunga, Jean Mubalama Mondo, Nadège Cizungu Cirezi, Rodrigue Basengere Ayagirwe, Samy Bashizi Bacigale, Collins Mutai, Meki Shehabu Muktar, Wilson Kimani, Chris S. Jones","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70102","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Brachiaria grass (<i>Urochloa</i> spp.) is one of the key forage grasses utilized in sub-Saharan Africa for improving livestock productivity, particularly in terms of milk production and feed sufficiency. Limited information on its genetic resources has hindered its breeding and conservation strategies. This study used a set of 199 accessions collected across the Democratic Republic of Congo, which were genotyped using the Diversity Arrays Technology Sequencing platform. A total of 5787 high-quality single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used to evaluate genetic diversity and population structure. Markers were moderately informative in differentiating the accessions with average polymorphic information content and gene diversity of 0.29 and 0.08, respectively. Structure analysis showed seven sub-populations (<i>K</i> = 7) with admixture corresponding to the geographical sources of the accessions. Discriminant analysis of principal component (DAPC) and principal component analysis further classified the accessions into five and six clusters, respectively. Genetic clustering was consistent with the DAPC and showed five main clusters with variable membership coefficients. Most pairs of accessions (80.6%) had a Euclidean genetic distance above 0.25, suggesting that most of them were genetically diverse. Mantel tests revealed a positive correlation between geographic and genetic distance among populations (<i>r</i> = 0.315, <i>p</i> = 0.0001), demonstrating consistency with the isolation by distance model. Analysis of molecular variance revealed significant differences between sub-populations, 74.41%, and a high fixation index (<i>F</i><sub>st </sub>= 0.77) and low number of migrants per generation (Nm = 0.08), indicating high genetic differentiation and a low gene exchange among the sub-populations and suggesting the presence of different Brachiaria grass species in our collection. The results revealed significant genetic diversity in the Brachiaria grass collection, which could be explored in genetic improvement, marker-assisted breeding, and to enhance conservation management of this germplasm in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144671985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70122
Eduardo Pradi Vendruscolo, Brenda Luciana Queiroz Ribeiro, Fernanda Pacheco de Almeida Prado Bortolheiro, Leonardo Borges Vasconcelos Meira, Murilo Battistuzzi Martins, Flávio Ferreira da Silva Binotti, Cássio de Castro Seron, Tassila Aparecida do Nascimento de Araújo, Sebastião Ferreira de Lima
{"title":"Pyridoxine acts as a booster of gas exchange and soybean production components","authors":"Eduardo Pradi Vendruscolo, Brenda Luciana Queiroz Ribeiro, Fernanda Pacheco de Almeida Prado Bortolheiro, Leonardo Borges Vasconcelos Meira, Murilo Battistuzzi Martins, Flávio Ferreira da Silva Binotti, Cássio de Castro Seron, Tassila Aparecida do Nascimento de Araújo, Sebastião Ferreira de Lima","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70122","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The use of biostimulant compounds in agriculture has helped producers obtain better results by stimulating vegetative and reproductive development and circumvent some of the effects of climate change, such as periods of water stress and heat waves. In this sense, B vitamins have been studied to promote beneficial effects, whether biostimulant or bioprotective, on species of agricultural interest. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of exogenous application of pyridoxine on the development and grain yield of the soybean (<i>Glycine max</i> L.) crop, indicating the potential use of the vitamin to improve the crop. Two cycles were conducted, with treatments consisting of different doses of pyridoxine (0, 20, 40, 60, and 80 g ha<sup>−1</sup>). Gas exchange, vegetative growth, and production characteristics were evaluated. Among the main results were an increase in the rate of CO<sub>2</sub> assimilation, water use efficiency, carboxylation, the number of branches, pods, and yield. Therefore, applying pyridoxine acted positively on soybean yield components when applied at the beginning of the pod development. In addition, doses between 20 and 80 g ha<sup>−1</sup> can be used to obtain higher yields.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70122","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144672950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-07-17DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70127
{"title":"Erratum to “Molecular mapping of dominant male sterile gene in the Brassica napus line Shaan-GMS by BSA-Seq and candidate gene association analysis”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70127","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zhang, D., Zhang, X., Chen, Z., Chen, H., Zhang, Q., Hu, Z., & Hu, S. (2025). Molecular mapping of dominant male sterile gene in the <i>Brassica napus</i> line Shaan-GMS by BSA-Seq and candidate gene association analysis. <i>Crop Science</i>, <i>65</i>, e70043. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70043</p><p>This erratum corrects the following error:</p><p>In the Funding Information section, the grant number for The National Natural Science Foundation of China was incorrectly listed as 3217150949. The correct funding number should have read: 32172075.</p><p>We apologize for this.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70127","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-07-14DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70106
Harsimardeep S. Gill, Sarah Blecha, Charlotte Brault, Karl Glover, Andrew Green, Jason Cook, Aaron Lorenz, Andrew Read, James A. Anderson
{"title":"Genetic gains from 60 years of spring wheat breeding in the Northern Plains of the United States","authors":"Harsimardeep S. Gill, Sarah Blecha, Charlotte Brault, Karl Glover, Andrew Green, Jason Cook, Aaron Lorenz, Andrew Read, James A. Anderson","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70106","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Evaluating genetic gains over time is essential for assessing the success of breeding programs and refining strategies for ongoing improvement. Hard red spring (HRS) wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) is an important class of wheat in the United States and is primarily grown in the Northern Great Plains. Despite a long history of breeding efforts in this region, long-term quantification of genetic gains for key traits has remained limited. This study analyzes over 60 years of data from the United States Department of Agriculture-coordinated Hard Red Spring Wheat Uniform Regional Nursery to evaluate genetic improvement in agronomic traits across multiple phases. A significant positive genetic gain of 0.61% per annum was observed for grain yield in HRS wheat released in the Northern plains over the past six decades, which is lower than the expected gains needed to meet future wheat demand. The change was 0.07% for test weight, −0.04% for days to heading, and −0.16% for plant height. Notably, sustained yield improvements have not affected grain protein levels since they were first measured in 1995, indicating that ongoing selection has effectively balanced grain yield and protein despite their negative correlation (<i>r</i> = −0.31). Assessment of genetic gains over 20-year phases suggested slowing rates of genetic gains for grain yield but did not indicate any plateaus. The realized genetic gains were generally higher for individual breeding programs when breeding for target environments, with the public breeding program in Minnesota observing annual gains of approximately 1%. These findings highlight the significant impact of long-term breeding efforts, underscore the importance of regional public breeding programs, and offer valuable insights for refining future breeding strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144624570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-07-13DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70125
Carina Meyenberg, Patrick Thorwarth, Monika Spiller, Sonja Kollers, Jochen Christoph Reif, Carl Friedrich Horst Longin
{"title":"Insights into a genomics-based pre-breeding program in wheat","authors":"Carina Meyenberg, Patrick Thorwarth, Monika Spiller, Sonja Kollers, Jochen Christoph Reif, Carl Friedrich Horst Longin","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70125","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Continuous intercrossing of the best-performing wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) elite lines has resulted in genetic gains for a wide range of traits. However, this approach can also reduce genetic diversity, which potentially limits the long-term genetic improvement. The use of plant genetic resources (PGRs) is therefore considered as crucial to maintain, or even increase, genetic variability in breeding to address future challenges in agriculture in a sustainable manner. Pre-breeding programs aim to incorporate untapped genetic diversity into an elite germplasm background. Since there is limited knowledge exchange and few publications on how to run pre-breeding programs efficiently, we report here our latest pre-breeding scheme and key lessons learned from a decade of wheat pre-breeding. Our study is based on genotypic and phenotypic data from 390 pre-breeding lines coming from multiple locations and 4 years of yield trials. We used the genotypic data to estimate the genetically estimated parental contribution (GEPC) of PGRs in pre-breeding lines. Considerable variation in GEPC between pre-breeding lines were found even within the same cross. Combining both genotypic and phenotypic data, we compared different scenarios for genome-wide predictions. Predicting new lines based on calibrations developed across previous years, we determined prediction abilities ranging between 0.34 and 0.69 for grain yield and 0.53 and 0.71 for sedimentation volume, depending on the predicted dataset. Finally, we showed that targeted pre-breeding yields a small number of promising pre-breeding lines that perform at the level of the most important commercial varieties.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70125","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-07-13DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70103
Eric N. Butoto, Alexis M. Alsdorf, Dominic D. Reisig, James B. Holland
{"title":"Influence of Bt and environmental factors on Fusarium ear rot in maize","authors":"Eric N. Butoto, Alexis M. Alsdorf, Dominic D. Reisig, James B. Holland","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Fusarium verticillioides</i> is responsible for Fusarium ear rot (FER) and fumonisin (FUM) in maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.). Multiple factors, including drought stress, humidity, and insects, influence the severity of FER and FUM. This study aimed to assess the occurrence and severity of FER, FUM, and corn earworm (<i>Helicoverpa zea</i> Boddie) feeding in Bt (<i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i>) and non-Bt maize grown on commercial farms in North Carolina. We attempt to identify important environmental factors specific to maize growth stages that contribute to FER and FUM. Two Bt and three non-Bt hybrids were sampled in 50 environments in North Carolina for FER and FUM under natural infection. Bt hybrids had 7.2% ear rot compared to 11.7% for non-Bt hybrids. For corn earworm feeding, Bt hybrids had 1.5 cm<sup>2</sup> per ear of feeding damage compared to 4.2 cm<sup>2</sup> per ear for non-Bt hybrids. Although differences in FUM were not significant, Bt hybrids had a numerically lower FUM than non-Bt hybrids. In some counties and years, the FUM levels exceeded those recommended for products intended for human and animal consumption, with the highest level recorded at 27.8 ppm in a non-Bt hybrid. We identified several environmental covariates related to FER, FUM, and corn earworm feeding. The results highlight the complexity of ear rots, mycotoxin, and insects and their interaction in maize. It also highlights a need for a larger sample size in multiple environments with adequate variation in FER, FUM, and insect feeding to tease apart factors influencing ear rots and mycotoxins.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crop SciencePub Date : 2025-07-11DOI: 10.1002/csc2.70120
Júlio Augusto de Castro Miguel, Vinícius Quintão Carneiro, Jussara Mencalha, Rafaela Pereira Carvalho, Andreza Rafaely Martins José, José Eulário Lampi Dique, Magno Antonio Patto Ramalho, Tiago de Souza Marçal
{"title":"Insights on factor analysis applied to multi-trait and multi-environment selection of common bean lines","authors":"Júlio Augusto de Castro Miguel, Vinícius Quintão Carneiro, Jussara Mencalha, Rafaela Pereira Carvalho, Andreza Rafaely Martins José, José Eulário Lampi Dique, Magno Antonio Patto Ramalho, Tiago de Souza Marçal","doi":"10.1002/csc2.70120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70120","url":null,"abstract":"<p>One of the objectives of common bean (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) breeding programs is selection of lines with superior agronomic traits that are adapted to different environmental conditions. Thus, the aim of this study was to verify the applicability of factor analysis as a strategy to assist the selection of common bean lines for multi-traits in multi-environments. Thirty-five carioca common bean lines were assessed in three municipalities of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil) in the dry, winter, and wet seasons between 2017 and 2019. The lines were assessed for angular leaf spot (ALS) severity, plant architecture (PA), and grain yield (GYD). Lines were selected using two scenarios: (1) selection for one trait in a multi-environment and (2) multi-trait selection in a multi-environment. Scenario 1 compared the following strategies: the overall mean, the confidence index proposed by Annicchiarico, and the genotype-ideotype index associated with factor analysis. The proposal in Scenario 2 was selection based only on factor scores or based on the genotype–ideotype index associated with factor analysis. The strategies of selecting lines for a trait assessed in multi-environments based on the overall mean or on the genotype-ideotype index associated with factor analysis proved to be appropriate for traits with a simple (ALS and PA) or complex (GYD) line by environment interaction. Furthermore, the use of the genotype–ideotype index associated with factor analysis showed balance in selection of lines under the condition of the same trait in multi-environments and under that of multi-traits in multi-environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":10849,"journal":{"name":"Crop Science","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/csc2.70120","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144598273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}