Genetic variability in elite barley genotypes based on the agro-morphological characteristics evaluated under irrigated system

  • Amabile R
  • Faleiro F
  • Capettini F
  • et al.
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ABSTRACT Recently, researches have shown that the Brazilian savannah has a great potential to supply the demand for barley grains. The purpose of this study was to assess the genetic variability in 39 elite barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes based on the agro-morphological traits of a crop irrigated in the savannah system. An irrigation experiment in the design of complete randomized block with four replicates was conducted at Federal District - Brazil. The evaluated traits were: distance from the last knot to the rachis, distance from the flag leaf to rachis, spike length, number of grains by ear, flag leaf area, plant height, silking, lodging, grain yield, thousand-seed weight, protein content and grain commercial classification. After using analysis of variance the means were used to estimate the genetic dissimilarity among all genotypes pairs based on the Mahalanobis’ generalized distance. Cluster analysis using genetic distance matrix was performed having Unweighted Pair Group Method using Arithmetic Means method (UPGMA) as the criteria. Highly significant differences were found among the genotypes for all traits evaluated. The high coefficient of genetic variation indicates the possibility of having genetic gains for all traits. The traits that most contributed to the variability were the flag leaf area and silking, while the protein content and lodging were the traits that contributed the least. Based on the cluster analysis, at least three major groups of similarity were found. There was a clustering trend of two and six-rowed materials. The most divergent genotypes were PFC 2005123, Antártica-1, Nandi and FM 404.RESUMO Recentemente, pesquisas tem demonstrado que o Cerrado tem grande potencial para suprir a demanda de cevada. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a variabilidade genética de 39 genótipos elite de cevada com base em características morfoagronômicas avaliadas em sistema de produção irrigado no Cerrado. O experimento foi conduzido num delineamento de blocos ao acaso com quatro repetições no Distrito Federal - Brasil. Avaliaram-se as características: distância do último nó à ráquis, distância da folha bandeira à ráquis, comprimento da espiga, número de grãos por espiga, área da folha bandeira, altura de plantas, espigamento, grau de acamamento, rendimento de grãos, peso de mil sementes, teor de proteína e classificação comercial de grãos. Após análise de variância as médias foram utilizadas para estimar a dissimilaridade genética, com base na distância generalizada de Mahalanobis. Utilizando a matriz de distâncias genéticas foram realizadas análises de agrupamento. Foram observadas diferenças altamente significativas entre os genótipos para todas as características avaliadas. O elevado coeficiente de variação genético evidencia a possibilidade de obter ganhos genéticos para todas características. Através das análises de agrupamento, verificou-se a formação de pelo menos três grandes grupos de similaridade. Houve tendência de agrupamento dos materiais dísticos e hexásticos. Os genótipos PFC 2005123, Antártica-1, Nandi e FM 404 foram os mais divergentes.

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Amabile, R. F., Faleiro, F. G., Capettini, F., Peixoto, J. R., & Sayd, R. M. (2017). Genetic variability in elite barley genotypes based on the agro-morphological characteristics evaluated under irrigated system. Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 41(2), 147–158. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-70542017412010116

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