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Variation for Plant Architecture Traits Within a Perennial Ryegrass Association Mapping Population

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Breeding in a World of Scarcity

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Superior forage quality, rapid establishment rate and good tolerance to grazing or trampling make perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) one of the most important grass species for forage and amenity purposes. The aim of this study was to assess the variation for plant architecture traits within perennial ryegrass association mapping population consisting of single plants from cultivars and natural ecotypes. Phenotypic data were collected for heading date, flag leaf length, flag leaf width, plant height, inflorescence length, spikelet number, seed weight per inflorescence and 1000 seed weight over 2 years. Moderate variation was observed for most of the traits. Higher genetic variation values were determined for cultivars compared with ecotypes.

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded through long-term research program “Genetics and purposeful change of genotypes of agricultural and forest plants” implemented by Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.

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  1. Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Akademija, Kedainiai reg., Lithuania

    V. Kemešytė, G. Statkevičiūtė, A. Aleliūnas & G. Brazauskas

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  1. (ILVO), Inst. for Agricult. and Fisheries Res., Melle, Belgium

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Kemešytė, V., Statkevičiūtė, G., Aleliūnas, A., Brazauskas, G. (2016). Variation for Plant Architecture Traits Within a Perennial Ryegrass Association Mapping Population. In: Roldán-Ruiz, I., Baert, J., Reheul, D. (eds) Breeding in a World of Scarcity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28932-8_6

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