Genetic advance of durum wheat under high yielding conditions: the case of Chile
2019
Pozo, Alejandro del | Matus, Iván | Ruf, Kurt | Castillo, Dalma | Méndez-Espinoza, Ana María | Serret Molins, M. Dolors
In Chile, durum wheat is cultivated in high-yielding Mediterranean environments, therefore breeding programs have selected cultivars with high yield potential in addition to grain quality. The genetic progress in grain yield (GY) between 1964 and 2010 was 72.8 kg ha-1 per year. GY showed a positive and significant correlation with days to heading, kernels per unit ground area and thousand kernel weight. The gluten and protein content tended to decrease with the year of cultivar release. The correlation between the δ13C of kernels and GY was negative and significant (-0.62, p < 0.05, for all cultivars; and -0.97, p < 0.001, excluding the two oldest cultivars). The yield progress (genetic plus agronomic improvements) of a set of 40–46 advanced lines evaluated between 2006 and 2015 was 569 kg ha-1 per year. Unlike other Mediterranean agro-environments, a longer growing cycle together with taller plants seems to be related to the increase in the GY of Chilean durum wheat during recent decades.
Show more [+] Less [-]This work was supported by the research CONICYT grant FONDECYT Nº 1180252, Chile, and the contribution of Maria Dolores Serret was supported in part by the AGL2016-76527-R project from MINECO, Spain.
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