Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Evaluation of cassava germplasm for drought tolerance under field conditions

  • Published:
Euphytica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The development of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) with a high yield under water-deficit conditions is one of the goal of the breeding programs. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance and to select cassava accessions based on drought tolerance indices and productive potential under water stress. Forty-nine accessions were evaluated for five agronomic traits (plant height—PH, root yield—RoY, shoot yield—ShY, harvest index—HI; and dry matter content of roots—DMC) under full irrigation conditions and drought stress (DS). The accessions were selected based on: (i) high yield under drought conditions (HY-DS) and (ii) high drought tolerance (Dr-To) based on six different indices. Overall, water stress dramatically reduced the traits’ means (RoY—72.98%, ShY—54.95%, DMC—26.15%, HI—31.05%, and PH—32.95%). Low coincidence among the top ten accessions was identified based on HY-DS and Dr-To criteria. Therefore, considering only the most important traits (RoY and ShY), five accessions (BGM0815, BGM0598, 9624-09, BGM0818, and BRS Formosa) presented high HY-DS. In contrast, to Dr-To criterion, eight and nine accessions were selected for high yield of the aerial part (ShY and PH) and roots (RoY and DMC), respectively. The mean productivity, geometric mean productivity, and drought tolerance indices were the most promising to identify genotypes with high agronomic attributes, while drought susceptibility index, susceptibility, and yield stability index were suitable to identify the most drought tolerant accessions. This set of selected accessions can be used in breeding programs aimed at high yield and drought tolerance.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Adjebeng-Danquah J, Gracen VE, Offei SK, Asante IK, Manu-Aduening J (2016) Genetic variability in storage root bulking of cassava genotypes under irrigation and no irrigation. Agric Food Sec 5:9. doi:10.1186/s40066-016-0055-7

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Agili S, Nyende B, Ngamau K, Masinde P (2012) Selection, yield evaluation, drought tolerance indices of orange-flesh sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam) hybrid clone. J Nutr Food Sci 2:138. doi:10.4172/2155-9600.1000138

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Aina OO, Dixon AGO, Akinrinde EA (2007) Effect of soil moisture stress on growth and yield of cassava in Nigeria. Pak J Biol Sci 10:3085–3090

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Alves AAC, Setter T (2004) Response of cassava leaf area expansion to water deficit: cell proliferation, cell expansion and delayed development. Ann Bot 94:605–613

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Ambachew D, Mekbib F, Asfaw A, Beebe SE, Blair MW (2015) Trait associations in common bean genotypes grown under drought stress and field infestation by BSM bean fly. Crop J 3:305–316

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Azevedo CF, Resende MDV, Silva FF, Viana JMS, Valente MSF, Resende MFR Jr, Oliveira EJ (2016) New accuracy estimators for genomic selection with application in a cassava (Manihot esculenta) breeding program. Genet Mol Res 15:4. doi:10.4238/gmr.15048838

    Google Scholar 

  • Bates D, Maechler M, Bolker B, Walker S (2015) Fitting linear mixed-effects models using lme4. J Stat Softw 67:1–48

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bergantin VR, Yamauchi A, Pardales JR Jr, Bolatete DM Jr (2004) Screening cassava genotypes for resistance to water deficit during crop establishment. Philipp J Crop Sci 29:29–39

    Google Scholar 

  • Bouslama M, Schapaugh WT (1984) Stress tolerance in soybean. Part 1: evaluation of three screening techniques for heat and drought tolerance. Crop Sci 24:933–937

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cabello R, Monneveux P, De Mendiburu F, Bonierbale M (2013) Comparison of yield based drought tolerance indices in improved varieties, genetic stocks and landraces of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Euphytica 193:147–156

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cach NT, Lenis JI, Perez JC, Morante N, Calle F, Ceballos H (2006) Inheritance of useful traits in cassava grow in subhumid conditions. Plant Breed 125:177–182

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cattivelli L, Rizza F, Badeck FW, Mazzucotelli E, Mastrangelo AM, Francia E, Marè C, Tondelli A, Stanca AM (2008) Drought tolerance improvement in crop plants: an integrated view from breeding to genomics. Field Crops Res 105:1–14

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chemonges M, Balyejusa EK, Bisikwa J, Osiru DSO (2013) Phenotypic and physiological traits associated with drought tolerant cassava cultivars in Uganda. Afr Crop Sci Conf Proceed 11:463–469

    Google Scholar 

  • Darkwa K, Ambachew D, Mohammed H, Asfaw A, Blair MW (2016) Evaluation of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes for drought stress adaptation in Ethiopia. Crop J 4:367–376

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Duque LO, Setter T (2013) Cassava response to water deficit in deep pots: root and shoot growth, ABA, and carbohydrate reserves in stems, leaves and storage roots. Trop Plant Biol 6:199–209

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • El-Mohsen AAA, El-Shafi MAA, Gheith EMS, Suleiman HS (2015) Using different statistical procedures for evaluating drought tolerance indices of bread wheat genotypes. Adv Agric Biol 4:19–30

    Google Scholar 

  • El-Sharkawy MA (1993) Drought tolerant cassava for Africa, Asia and Latin America: breeding projects work to stabilize productivity without increasing pressures on limited natural resources. Bioscience 43:441–451

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • El-Sharkawy MA (2007) Physiological characteristics of cassava tolerance to prolonged drought in the tropics: implications for breeding cultivars adapted to seasonally dry and semiarid environments. Braz J Plant Physiol 19:257–286

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • El-Sharkawy MA (2012) Stress-tolerant cassava: the role of integrative ecophysiology-breeding research in crop improvement. Open J Soil Sci 2:162–186

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farshadfar E, Ghannadha M, Zahravi M, Sutka J (2001) Genetic analysis of drought tolerance in wheat. Plant Breed 114:542–544

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fernandez GCJ (1992) Effective selection criteria for assessing plant stress tolerance. In: Kuo CG (ed) Adaptation of food crops to temperature and water stress. Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Shanhua, pp 257–270

    Google Scholar 

  • Fischer RA, Maurer R (1978) Drought resistance in spring wheat cultivars. I. Grain yield responses. Aust J Agric Res 29:897–912

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Friendly M (2002) Corrgrams: exploratory displays for correlation matrices. Am Stat 56:316–324

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fu L, Ding Z, Han B, Hu W, Li Y, Zhang J (2016) Physiological investigation and transcriptome analysis of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-induced dehydration stress in cassava. Int J Mol Sci 17:3. doi:10.3390/ijms17030283

    Google Scholar 

  • Hossain ABS, Sears AG, Cox TS, Paulsen GM (1990) Desiccation tolerance and its relationship to assimilate partitioning in winter wheat. Crop Sci 30:622–627

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) (2016) Censo Agropecuário. https://sidra.ibge.gov.br/pesquisa/pam/tabelas. Accessed 5 Jan 2017

  • Kassambara A, Mundt F (2016) Factoextra: extract and visualize the results of multi-variate data analyses. R package version 1.0.3. www.sthda.com/english/rpkgs/factoextra/. Accessed 16 Oct 2016

  • Kawano K, Fukuda WMG, Cenpukdec U (1987) Genetic and environmental effects on dry matter content of cassava root. Crop Sci 27:69–74

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lu Y, Hao Z, Xie C, Crossa J, Araus JL, Gao S, Vivek BS, Magorokosho C, Mugo S, Makumbi D, Taba S, Pan G, Li X, Rong T, Zhang S, Xu Y (2011) Large-scale screening for maize drought resistance using multiple selection criteria evaluated under water-stressed and well-watered environments. Field Crop Res 124:37–45

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Okogbenin E, Ekanayake IJ, Porto MCM (2003) Genotypic variability in adaptation responses of selected cassava clones to drought stress in the Sudan Savannah Zone of Nigeria. J Agron Crop Sci 189:376–389

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Okogbenin E, Setter TL, Ferguson ME, Mutegi R, Ceballos H, Olasanmi B, Fregene M (2013) Phenotypic approaches to drought in cassava: review. Front Physiol 4:1–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oliveira EJ, Rezende MDV, Santos VS, Ferreira CF, Oliveira GAF, Silva MS, Oliveira LA, Aguilar-Vildoso CI (2012) Genome-wide selection in cassava. Euphytica 187:263–276

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Oliveira EJ, Aidar ST, Morgante CV, Chaves ARM, Cruz JL, Coelho Filho MA (2015) Genetic parameters for drought-tolerance in cassava. Pesqui Agropecu Bras 50:233–241

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oliveira EJ, Santos PEF, Pires AJV, Tolentino DC, Santos VS (2016) Selection of cassava varieties for biomass and protein production in semiarid areas from Bahia. Biosci J 32:661–669

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rizza F, Badeck FW, Cattivelli L, Destri L, Di Fonzo O, Stanca N (2004) Use of a water stress index to identify barley genotypes adapted to rainfed and irrigated conditions. Crop Sci 44:2127–2137

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rosielle AA, Hamblin J (1981) Theoretical aspects of selection for yield in stress and non-stress environments. Crop Sci 21:943–946

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shirani Rad AH, Abbasian A (2011) Evaluation of drought tolerance in rapeseed genotypes under non stress and drought stress conditions. Not Bot Horti Agrobot Cluj Napoca 39:164–171

    Google Scholar 

  • Singh C, Kumar V, Prasad I, Patil VR, Rajkumar BK (2015) Response of upland cotton (G. hirsutum L.) genotypes to drought stress using drought tolerance indices. J Crop Sci Biotech 19:53–59

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tonukari NJ (2004) Cassava and the future of starch. Electron J Biotechnol 7:1–4

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Voltas J, Lopez-Corcoles H, Borras G (2005) Use of biplot analysis and factorial regression for the investigation of superior genotypes in multi environment trials. Eur J Agro 22:309–324

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wolfe MD, Rabbi IY, Egesi C, Hamblin M, Kawuki R, Kulakow P, Lozano R, Del Carpio DP, Ramu R, Jannink J-L (2016) Genome-wide association and prediction reveals genetic architecture of cassava mosaic disease resistance and prospects for rapid genetic improvement. Plant Genome 9:1–13

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yasir TA, Chen X, Tian L, Condon AG, Hu Y-G (2013) Screening of Chinese bread wheat genotypes under two water regimes by various drought tolerance indices. Aust J Crop Sci 7:2005–2013

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhao P, Liu P, Shao J, Li C, Wang B, Guo X, Yan B, Xia Y, Peng M (2015) Analysis of different strategies adapted by two cassava cultivars in response to drought stress: ensuring survival or continuing growth. J Exp Bot 66:1477–1488

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for the financial assistance and scholarship support.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura, Rua da Embrapa, Caixa Postal 007, Cruz das Almas, BA, 44380-000, Brazil

    Eder Jorge de Oliveira, Jailson Lopez Cruz & Maurício Antônio Coelho Filho

  2. Embrapa Semiárido, BR 428, Km 152, Zona Rural, Caixa Postal 23, Petrolina, PE, 56302-970, Brazil

    Carolina Vianna Morgante, Saulo de Tarso Aidar, Agnaldo Rodrigues de Melo Chaves & Rafaela Priscila Antonio

Authors
  1. Eder Jorge de Oliveira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Carolina Vianna Morgante
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Saulo de Tarso Aidar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Agnaldo Rodrigues de Melo Chaves
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Rafaela Priscila Antonio
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Jailson Lopez Cruz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Maurício Antônio Coelho Filho
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Eder Jorge de Oliveira.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

de Oliveira, E.J., Morgante, C.V., de Tarso Aidar, S. et al. Evaluation of cassava germplasm for drought tolerance under field conditions. Euphytica 213, 188 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-017-1972-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-017-1972-7

Keywords

Search

Navigation