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Heterosis and combining ability for yield and resistance to grain mold in tannin-free photoperiod-insensitive sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] in Senegal

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Increasing sorghum production per unit area in the farmer’s field by developing high yielding tannin-free and grain mold tolerant varieties in Senegal is the goal of the present study. Line × tester mating design was used to cross eleven tannin-free non-photoperiodic male fertile sorghum varieties with two male-sterile A-lines to produce 22 F1 hybrids. These hybrids along with the thirteen parents and one grain mold resistant hybrid check were evaluated under natural grain mold infestation in two contrasted sites using a 6 × 6 lattice design with three replications. Results on combining ability suggested that additive gene actions were important in the control of grain mold resistance while non-additive gene actions were preponderant in the inheritance of grain yield. The parental lines F2-20, Macia, Faourou, and Dorado were the best general combiner for grain mold resistance. Of these, Dorado was identified as the best combiner for yield and yield components. Additionally, the hybrid CE310-31A × Sureño was identified as the best hybrids combination for yield, yield components and grain mold resistance. Furthermore, the hybrid crosses CE310-31A × F2-20, CE310-31A × Sureño and AVG-1 × Dorado showed the best mid-parent heterosis for grain yield and resistance to grain mold. Moreover, based on their combining ability and heterosis, seven hybrids were identified for their resistance to grain mold and high yielding. These hybrids could be tested in multi-location trials for a subsequent release.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Gualbert Seraphin DOREGO, and Ghislain KANFANY for their helpful comments on the manuscript.

Funding

The West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP, Senegal) partially funded this study and provided full scholarship to the first author. The authors also greatly appreciate the support of the American People provided to the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet (SMIL) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

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  1. Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA)/Centre d’Etude Régional Pour L’Amélioration de L’Adaptation À La Sécheresse (CERAAS), BP 3320, Thiès Escales, Sénégal

    Cyril Diatta, Thierry Klanvi Tovignan & Ndiaga Cisse

  2. Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA)/Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques (CNRA) de Bambey, BP 53, Bambey, Sénégal

    Cyril Diatta, Mame P. Sarr & Ousmane Aidara

  3. Université Gaston Berger de Sant Louis, BP 234, Saint Louis, Sénégal

    César Bassene, Pierre Alfred Ndione, Malick Gackou & Anicet Georges Bruno Manga

  4. Département de Génétique Et Biotechnologie, Faculté Des Sciences Et Techniques (FAST), Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), BP 1947, Cotonou, Benin

    Thierry Klanvi Tovignan

  5. West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, University of Ghana, PMB LG 30, Legon, Ghana

    Cyril Diatta, Thierry Klanvi Tovignan, Beatrice Elohor Ifie, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah & Samuel Kwame Offei

  6. Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA), BP 1163, Lomé, Togo

    Eyanawa Atchozou Akata

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Diatta, C., Tovignan, T.K., Akata, E.A. et al. Heterosis and combining ability for yield and resistance to grain mold in tannin-free photoperiod-insensitive sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] in Senegal. J. Crop Sci. Biotechnol. 25, 149–160 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12892-021-00119-z

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