Author : Luciano M. Jaureguy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781267617743
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)
Book Synopsis Breeding for Modified Seed Composition in Soybean by : Luciano M. Jaureguy
Download or read book Breeding for Modified Seed Composition in Soybean written by Luciano M. Jaureguy and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of cultivars with modified seed composition represents an excellent alternative to cope with the world's need for more nutritious food. Understanding the genetic and environmental factors controlling crop seed quality traits is of crucial importance for such an endeavor. The objectives of this study were: a) to evaluate the efficiency of phenotype and marker-assisted selection for low stachyose and low phytate soybean breeding lines, and their yield stability, b) to study the effect of management practices planting date and delayed harvest on soybean seed composition, and c) to study the potential association between soil properties and leaf chemical element concentration, with seed composition. Selection efficiency in six breeding populations segregating for the low phytate and low stachyose traits was studied by determining the proportion of phenotypically selected lines that carried the alleles for the low phytate trait or low stachyose traits. Yield stability of low phytate/low stachyose lines was studied in a set of 16 breeding lines selected from a breeding population segregating for the low phytate/low stachyose trait, and grown in five Arkansas environments. Planting date effects on seed composition were studied in nine breeding lines planted in early May, late May, and late June at two Arkansas locations in two consecutive years. Delayed harvest effects on seed composition and the association between soil properties and leaf chemical element concentration, with seed composition were studied in the late May planting date. Results showed that the efficiency of marker-assisted selection depended on the type of marker used, whereas phenotype-assisted selection depended on the germplasm that was being screened and on the phenotype used to make breeding selections. Breeders should use marker-assisted selection for low phytate/low stachyose lines only if phenotyping large number of progenies is not time or cost effective. Most of the low phytate/low stachyose lines showed low yield stability. However, one of the low phytate/low stachyose lines studied, R08-6009, showed competitive yield and adaptation to all the environments where the line was evaluated. R08-6009 should be crossed to high-yield lines to generate progeny with greater yield potential. Other lines studied showed moderately high oleic (>45 mg g-1) and low linolenic (