Agronomic Performance and Yield Stability of Elite White Guinea Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) Genotypes Grown in Multiple Environments in Nigeria
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials and Trial Establishment
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Variation in Quantitative Traits across Environments for 25 Yam Genotypes
3.2. Analysis of Variance on Quantitative Traits
3.3. Genotypic Coefficients, Phenotypic Coefficients, and Broad-Sense Heritability
3.4. Traits Importance and Contribution
3.5. Phenotypic Correlation Coefficient between the Quantitative Traits Measured
3.6. Additive Main Effect and Multiplicative Interaction of Agronomic Traits
3.7. GxE Interaction Pattern
3.8. Multi-Trait Selection for Agronomic Traits
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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S/N | Traits | Full Names | Description | Time Recorded |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AUDPCYAD | Area under disease progression curve yam anthracnose disease | The rating of symptoms caused by anthracnose over a period of 2-5MAP and converted to area under disease progression curve | Over the period of 2-5MAP |
2 | AUDPCYMV | Area under disease progression curve yam mosaic virus | The rating of symptoms caused by virus over a period of 2-5MAP and converted to area under disease progression curve | Over the period of 2-5MAP |
3 | PLNV | Plant Vigor | How vigorous the plants appear at 3MAP | 3 MAP |
4 | INTOX30 | Intensity of tuber oxidation 30 min | Visual tuber oxidation was accessed at harvest | At harvest |
5 | INTOX180 | Intensity of tuber oxidation 180 min | Visual tuber oxidation was accessed at harvest | At harvest |
6 | TTY | Fresh tuber yield | Yield was estimated per plot using the formula total tuber weight divided by the effective plot multiplied by ten | At harvest |
7 | DM | Dry matter content | Percentage of dry matter content of tuber | At harvest |
8 | ATW | Average tuber weight | Average weight of tuber per plot was accessed at harvest | At harvest |
Source | df | AUDPCYMV | AUDPCYAD | PLNV | ATW | TTY | Oxi30 | Oxi180 | DMC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Env | 5 | 77,615 *** | 55,359 *** | 2.691 *** | 2.533 *** | 601.1 *** | 99.30 *** | 83.65 *** | 109.8 |
Rep (Env) | 6 | 474 | 903 | 0.563 | 0.605 | 43.9 | 3.09 | 7.16 | 38.1 |
Genotypes | 24 | 2096 *** | 3418 *** | 0.251 | 1.268 *** | 123.9 *** | 6.83 *** | 10.20 *** | 114.2 * |
Geno × Env | 120 | 1610 *** | 2046 *** | 0.262 | 0.767 *** | 73.7 *** | 3.84 * | 6.26 ** | 68 |
residual | 144 | 907 | 1054 | 0.195 | 0.426 | 37.3 | 2.78 | 4.07 | 61.5 |
Genetic Parameters | AUDPCYMV | AUDPCYAD | ATW | TTY | PLNV | Oxi30 | Oxi180 | DMC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GV | 2.18 | 4.9 | 4.93 | 5.07 | 0.00 | 3.33 | 2.94 | 5.21 |
PV | 52.20 | 55.10 | 48.80 | 54.70 | 56.30 | 62.70 | 62.40 | 18.00 |
H2 | 23.00 | 40.00 | 39.00 | 41.00 | 0.00 | 44.00 | 39.00 | 41.00 |
CVg | 0.88 | 0.95 | 153.13 | 14.47 | 0.00 | 81.10 | 47.37 | 6.67 |
CVp | 4.28 | 3.19 | 481.82 | 47.53 | 295.33 | 351.95 | 218.23 | 12.38 |
Mean | 168.65 | 232.86 | 1.45 | 15.56 | 2.54 | 2.25 | 3.62 | 34.24 |
Variables | PC1 | PC2 | PC3 | PC4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
AUDPCYMV | −0.29 | 0.42 | −0.08 | −0.20 |
AUDPCYAD | −0.17 | 0.28 | −0.01 | −0.63 |
ATW | 0.38 | 0.19 | −0.10 | −0.28 |
TTY | 0.56 | 0.30 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
PLNV | 0.01 | 0.18 | −0.71 | −0.22 |
Oxi30 | 0.23 | −0.54 | −0.14 | −0.28 |
Oxi180 | 0.25 | −0.46 | −0.06 | −0.39 |
DMC (%) | −0.06 | 0.05 | 0.66 | −0.44 |
eigenvalue | 2.35 | 2.14 | 1.08 | 1.05 |
variance (%) | 26.08 | 23.76 | 12.02 | 11.69 |
cumulative (%) | 26.08 | 49.84 | 61.87 | 73.55 |
Variable | Factor | FA1 | FA2 | FA3 | FA4 | Xo | Xs | SD | SD% | Communality |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oxi30 | FA 3 | −0.35 | 0.21 | −0.69 | −0.14 | 0.22 | 0.14 | −0.09 | −39.00 | 0.67 |
Oxi180 | FA 3 | 0.21 | −0.20 | −0.76 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 0.22 | −0.08 | −26.40 | 0.68 |
PLNV | FA 4 | 0.10 | 0.06 | −0.41 | −0.76 | 0.12 | 0.09 | −0.03 | −26.20 | 0.76 |
ATW | FA 4 | −0.17 | −0.20 | 0.28 | −0.75 | 0.22 | 0.16 | −0.05 | −24.30 | 0.72 |
AUDPCYMV | FA 2 | −0.17 | −0.89 | −0.19 | −0.03 | 1.29 | 1.04 | −0.25 | −19.30 | 0.85 |
TTY | FA 1 | −0.99 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.66 | 0.53 | −0.13 | −19.20 | 0.97 |
AUDPCYAD | FA 2 | −0.04 | −0.92 | 0.07 | −0.05 | 1.48 | 1.35 | −0.14 | −9.08 | 0.86 |
DMC | FA 2 | −0.10 | 0.31 | −0.13 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.00 | −1.09 | 0.18 |
Average | 0.7368696 |
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Olatunji, A.A.; Gana, A.S.; Tolorunse, K.D.; Agre, P.A.; Adebola, P.; Asfaw, A. Agronomic Performance and Yield Stability of Elite White Guinea Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) Genotypes Grown in Multiple Environments in Nigeria. Agronomy 2024, 14, 2093. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14092093
Olatunji AA, Gana AS, Tolorunse KD, Agre PA, Adebola P, Asfaw A. Agronomic Performance and Yield Stability of Elite White Guinea Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) Genotypes Grown in Multiple Environments in Nigeria. Agronomy. 2024; 14(9):2093. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14092093
Chicago/Turabian StyleOlatunji, Alice Adenike, Andrew Saba Gana, Kehinde D. Tolorunse, Paterne A. Agre, Patrick Adebola, and Asrat Asfaw. 2024. "Agronomic Performance and Yield Stability of Elite White Guinea Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) Genotypes Grown in Multiple Environments in Nigeria" Agronomy 14, no. 9: 2093. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14092093