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Generating relevant information for breeding Passiflora edulis: genetic parameters and population structure

Euphytica volume 208, pages 609–619 (2016)Cite this article

Abstract

Passion fruit is an economically important tropical fruit crop with unrealized genetic potential. This study aimed to provide breeders with essential estimates of genetic parameters and of the structure of a typical breeding population. To achieve this, eighty-one progenies derived from the third cycle of recurrent selection were assessed for eight fruit yield and quality traits. First, we evaluated the efficiency of the post hoc implementation of a Row–Col design for data analysis instead of the original randomized complete block design (RCBD). Next, we applied a restricted maximum likelihood/best linear unbiased prediction (REML/BLUP) mixed model to estimate genetic parameters: variance components, heritability, and genetic correlations. The population genetic structure was evaluated using 10 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Results indicate that the post hoc blocking fit the data significantly better or equally to the RCBD. Soluble solids content showed the highest heritability value (0.53 ± 0.087) while yield presented the lowest estimate (0.24 ± 0.090). The 10 SSR loci amplified a total of 29 alleles revealing that the progenies evaluated could be divided into three groups. This grouping information can be used to direct future crosses of this population to maximize heterosis for the traits of interest. Correlations among variables indicate that the number of fruit can be used as a proxy for yield. Future population evaluation studies should consider incomplete block designs to maximize the land and labor resources.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are thankful to the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), for the financial support to the experiment, and the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), for the granting of a doctoral scholarship for the first author.

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  1. Centro de Ciências e Tecnologia Agropecuária, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-600, Brazil

    Fernando H. L. Silva & Alexandre Pio Viana

  2. Agronomy Department, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110965, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Patricio R. Muñoz

  3. School of Natural Resources and Environment, Tropical Research and Education Centre, University of Florida, 18905 SW 280th St., Homestead, FL, 33031, USA

    Christopher I. Vincent

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Silva, F.H.L., Muñoz, P.R., Vincent, C.I. et al. Generating relevant information for breeding Passiflora edulis: genetic parameters and population structure. Euphytica 208, 609–619 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-015-1616-8

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Keywords

  • Passion fruit
  • Passiflora
  • Mixed models
  • REML/BLUP
  • Genetic correlation
  • Post hoc blocking design