Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] genetic incompatibility effects in true hybrids seeds for new farmer cultivars development

Autor: Issa Zakari Mahaman Mourtala, Samuel C. Chukwu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 122-130 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2767-035X
DOI: 10.1002/sae2.12044
Popis: Abstract Introduction Sweetpotato is a vegetatively propagated, highly heterozygous and outcrossing crop. Genetic improvement of sweetpotato is complicated because of the hexaploid nature of the crop. The objective of this study was to assess genetic compatibility between sweetpotato accessions collected from Niger and Nigeria to select the best parents for the next hybridisation block to develop new farmer varieties. Materials and Methods The experiment was conducted at field experiment of department of crop production and landscape management, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. The crossing block was established using diallel mating design method three to cross 13 genotypes. Results Results revealed very highly significant difference (χ2 = 48.32; p
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