Developing a Core Collection of Peanut Specific to Valencia Market Type

Crop improvement and the dissection of complex genetic traits require germplasm diversity. A core collection is a gateway for the use of diverse accessions with beneficial traits in applied breeding programs. Valencia germplasm consisting of 630 peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. ssp. fastigiata var. fasti...

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Published in:Crop science 2008-03, Vol.48 (2), p.625-632
Main Authors: Dwivedi, S.L, Puppala, N, Upadhyaya, H.D, Manivannan, N, Singh, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agronomic traits
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Arachis hypogaea
Biological and medical sciences
coadaptation
Collections
core collections
Correlation coefficient
Crop improvement
Cultivars
Drought
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genetic diversity
genetic variation
Genetics and breeding of economic plants
germplasm
germplasm conservation
Legumes
Peanuts
plant adaptation
plant breeding
plant genetic resources
Plant introductions
plant morphology
provenance
Selective breeding
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Summary:Crop improvement and the dissection of complex genetic traits require germplasm diversity. A core collection is a gateway for the use of diverse accessions with beneficial traits in applied breeding programs. Valencia germplasm consisting of 630 peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. ssp. fastigiata var. fastigiata) accessions from the USDA collection and a check cultivar, New Mexico Valencia C, were evaluated for 26 descriptors in an augmented design for two seasons. The accessions were stratified by country of origin, and data on morphological and agronomic descriptors were used for clustering following Ward's method. About 10% or a minimum of one accession from each cluster and region were selected to develop core subset of 77 accessions. Comparison of means between the core subset and the entire collection indicated that the genetic variation available for these traits in the entire collection has been preserved in the core subset. The similarity in correlation coefficients in the entire collection and core subset suggests that this core subset has preserved most of the coadapted gene complexes controlling these associations. Peanut breeders engaged in improving the genetic potential of Valencia peanuts will find this core subset useful in cultivar development.
ISSN:0011-183X
1435-0653
DOI:10.2135/cropsci2007.04.0240