Identification of Phenotypic Traits Associated with Tuber Yield Performance in Non-Staking Cultivation of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials
2.2. Location, Cultivation and Growth Conditions
2.3. Measurements
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Tuber Yield, Yield Components, Shoot Traits, and Tuber Shape
3.2. Relationship between Tuber Yield and Yield Components, Shoot Traits, and Tuber Shape
3.3. Key Traits of Non-Staking Adaptability on Tuber Yield
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tuber Yield (g Plant−1) | Number of Tubers (Plant−1) | Tuber Weight (g Tuber−1) | Shoot Dry Weight (g Plant−1) | Number of Vines (Plant−1) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cultivation (A) | Staking | 1777 | 2.9 | 673 | 324 | 9.1 |
Non-staking | 1434 | 3.0 | 477 | 251 | 9.3 | |
Cultivar (B) | Ishigakizairai | 1569 ab | 3.5 bc | 466 a | 264 a | 11.0 c |
Oogiimo | 1425 ab | 1.9 a | 761 c | 263 a | 5.8 a | |
Nagaimo (marukei) | 1317 a | 2.3 a | 581 ab | 259 a | 6.6 a | |
Nicchakousha | 1253 a | 2.7 ab | 492 ab | 233 a | 8.8 b | |
Yamatomakousha | 1859 bc | 3.8 c | 510 ab | 343 b | 11.3 c | |
Shirokoushaman 1 | 2210 c | 3.6 c | 641 bc | 364 b | 11.5 c | |
ANOVA | A | ** | ns | *** | *** | ns |
B | *** | *** | ** | *** | *** | |
A × B | * | ns | ns | ns | * |
Tuber Length (cm) | Tuber Width (cm) | Tuber Length-to-Width Ratio | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cultivation (A) | Staking | 21.8 | 8.6 | 2.9 |
Non-staking | 19.8 | 7.6 | 3.0 | |
Cultivar (B) | Ishigakizairai | 26.6 b | 5.8 a | 4.8 d |
Oogiimo | 28.3 b | 7.7 b | 4.0 c | |
Nagaimo (marukei) | 27.6 b | 7.5 b | 3.9 c | |
Nicchakousha | 14.9 a | 8.2 bc | 2.0 b | |
Yamatomakousha | 14.0 a | 9.2 cd | 1.6 a | |
Shirokoushaman 1 | 13.4 a | 10.3 d | 1.3 a | |
ANOVA | A | ** | ** | ns |
B | *** | *** | *** | |
A × B | ns | ns | ns |
Tuber Yield (g Plant−1) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Cultivation | Variable | r | p Value |
Staking | Number of tubers (plant−1) | 0.504 | 0.002 ** |
Tuber weight (g tuber−1) | 0.274 | 0.105 ns | |
Shoot dry weight (g plant−1) | 0.778 | <0.001 *** | |
Number of vines (plant−1) | 0.366 | 0.028 * | |
Tuber length (cm) | −0.109 | 0.526 ns | |
Tuber width (cm) | 0.259 | 0.127 ns | |
Tuber length-to-width ratio | −0.121 | 0.483 ns | |
Non-staking | Number of tubers (plant−1) | 0.771 | <0.001 *** |
Tuber weight (g tuber−1) | 0.603 | <0.001 *** | |
Shoot dry weight (g plant−1) | 0.883 | <0.001 *** | |
Number of vines (plant−1) | 0.629 | <0.001 *** | |
Tuber length (cm) | −0.380 | 0.022 * | |
Tuber width (cm) | 0.753 | <0.001 *** | |
Tuber length-to-width ratio | −0.519 | 0.001 *** |
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Hamaoka, N.; Moriyama, T.; Taniguchi, T.; Suriyasak, C.; Ishibashi, Y. Identification of Phenotypic Traits Associated with Tuber Yield Performance in Non-Staking Cultivation of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.). Agronomy 2022, 12, 2323. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102323
Hamaoka N, Moriyama T, Taniguchi T, Suriyasak C, Ishibashi Y. Identification of Phenotypic Traits Associated with Tuber Yield Performance in Non-Staking Cultivation of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.). Agronomy. 2022; 12(10):2323. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102323
Chicago/Turabian StyleHamaoka, Norimitsu, Takahito Moriyama, Takatoshi Taniguchi, Chetphilin Suriyasak, and Yushi Ishibashi. 2022. "Identification of Phenotypic Traits Associated with Tuber Yield Performance in Non-Staking Cultivation of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.)" Agronomy 12, no. 10: 2323. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102323