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Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Research Article | Published June 2021 | Volume 9, Issue 6. pp. 152-158.

doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v9i6.21.103

 

Preliminary evaluation of genetic inheritance of root traits of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for tolerance to low soil moisture

 



 

 

Nathan Aliel Kachiguma1,2*

John S.Y. Eleblu2

Beatrice E. Ifie2

Moses F.A. Maliro3

Kwadwo Ofori2

Pangirayi B. Tongoona2

 

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1. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Department of Agricultural Research Services, Lunyangwa Agricultural Research Station, P.O. Box 59, Mzuzu, Malawi.

2. West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, PMB LG 30, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

3. Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda College Campus, P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi.


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Citation: Kachiguma NA, Eleblu JSY, Ifie BE, Maliro MFA, Ofori K, Tongoona PB (2021). Preliminary evaluation of genetic inheritance of root traits of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for tolerance to low soil moisture. J. Agric. Crop Res. 9(6):152-158. doi: 10.33495/jacr_v9i6.21.103.

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 Abstract 


Genetic improvement of common bean for drought tolerance is necessary for smallholder farmers to get high yields. Information about gene action of root traits associated with tolerance to drought is scarce, and that impedes effective exploitation of the variability in root traits in breeding programs. Therefore, this study's objective was to determine the inheritance and gene action of root traits in common bean for tolerance to low soil moisture. Four generations (F1, F2, BC1.1 and BC1.2) were generated by crossing Kalima-PVA-692 to SAB-560. The generations were evaluated in a completely randomized design with three replications. Data were collected on hypocotyl root number, hypocotyl root length, basal root whorl number, basal root growth angle, basal root number, basal root length, primary root length, and tap root diameter. Components of genetic variation were calculated. Narrow-sense heritability was medium (31 to 60%) for hypocotyl root length and basal root length. The joint scaling test revealed that allelic and epistasis genetic interactions were prominent in the inheritance of hypocotyl root number, hypocotyl root length, basal root number, basal root length and basal root growth angle. Duplicate type of epistasis was influential in expressing hypocotyl root number, hypocotyl root length and basal root number. Cumulative epistasis gene actions were higher than main gene effects, and also, the additive gene effects were more predominant than dominance effects. The additive × dominance and the dominance × dominance epistatic gene effects were more important than the mean, additive, dominance and the additive × additive gene actions. Selection of genotypes should be in the late generations of selfing to allow the interaction gene effects to get fixed.

Keywords  Gene action   inheritance   low soil moisture   root traits   epistasis  

 

 

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