Testa and hilum colour associations with seed traits of a Greek field pea landrace

Pea landraces may hold genetic variation that can be exploitable in breeding/selecting new cultivars. In a small-seeded pea landrace, four phenotypes were distinguished according to testa (green, non-spotted and green, spotted) and hilum colour (white, black). The four phenotypes were tested for two...

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Published in:Plant genetic resources: characterization and utilization 2023-02, Vol.21 (1), p.90-95
Main Authors: Konstantopoulos, Apostolos N., Pozoukidou, Sofia, Irakli, Maria, Tsialtas, Ioannis T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomarkers
Carbon
Carbon/nitrogen ratio
Color
Cultivars
Genetic diversity
Genetic engineering
Growing season
Peas
Phenolic compounds
Phenols
Phenotypes
Phenotypic variations
Phenotyping
Plant breeding
Seeds
Soil sciences
Tannins
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Summary:Pea landraces may hold genetic variation that can be exploitable in breeding/selecting new cultivars. In a small-seeded pea landrace, four phenotypes were distinguished according to testa (green, non-spotted and green, spotted) and hilum colour (white, black). The four phenotypes were tested for two growing seasons in the field for pod (seeds/pod) and seed traits (1000-seed weight, toughness, total phenols and tannins, testa colour, protein and carbon concentration, C/N ratio, bruchid infection). Significant differences were found for testa colour parameters, phenolic, tannin and carbon concentration and bruchid tolerance. The larger-seeded, spotted peas had darker testa and more phenols, while white-hilumed peas had lighter testa and more tannins. The spotted, black-hilumed phenotype, with the highest carbon concentration and C/N ratio was the most tolerant to bruchids. However, grouping the phenotypes, neither spotted nor black-hilumed ones showed to be more tolerant compared with their counterparts. Concluding, our results showed that phenotyping variation in seeds of a pea landrace revealed variation in seed traits, which could be exploitable. Since testa and hilum colour were associated with specific seed traits, they could, alone or in combination, be used as biomarkers of seed quality traits in pea. Testing of larger number of phenotypes is needed to solidify our findings.
ISSN:1479-2621
1479-263X
DOI:10.1017/S1479262123000527