Jordan, D.R. and Hunt, C.H. and Cruickshank, A.W. and Borrell, A.K. and Henzell, R.G. (2012) The Relationship Between the Stay-Green Trait and Grain Yield in Elite Sorghum Hybrids Grown in a Range of Environments. Crop Science , 52 (3). pp. 1153-1161.
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Abstract
The stay-green drought adaptation mechanism has been widely promoted as a way of improving grain yield and lodging resistance in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and as a result has been the subject of many physiological and genetic studies. The relevance of these studies to elite sorghum hybrids is not clear given that they sample a limited number of environments and were conducted using inbred lines or relatively small numbers of experimental F1 hybrids. In this study we investigated the relationship between stay-green and yield using data from breeding trials that sampled 1668 unique hybrid combinations and 23 environments whose mean yields varied from 2.3 to 10.5 t ha−1. The strength and direction of the association between stay-green and grain yield varied with both environment and genetic background (male tester). The majority of associations were positive, particularly in environments with yields below 6 t ha−1. As trial mean yield increased above 6 t ha−1 there was a trend toward an increased number of negative associations; however, the number and magnitude of the positive associations were larger. Given that post-flowering drought is very commonly experienced by sorghum crops world wide and average yields are 1.2 and 2.5 t ha−1 for the world and Australia, respectively, our results indicate that selection for stay-green in elite sorghum hybrids may be broadly beneficial for increasing yield in a wide range of environments.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation Hermitage Research Facility, Yangan Rd., Warwick, QLD 4370, Australia |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2012 03:10 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2012 03:10 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2011.06.0326 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4943 |
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