Understanding Heterosis, Genetic Effects, and Genome Wide Associations for Forage Quantity and Quality Traits in Multi-Cut Pearl Millet

Pearl millet is an important food and fodder crop cultivated in the arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia, and is now expanding to other regions for forage purpose. This study was conducted to better understand the forage quantity and quality traits to enhance the feed value of this crop. Tw...

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Autores principales: Ponnaiah Govintharaj, Marappa Maheswaran, Michael Blümmel, Pichaikannu Sumathi, Anil Kumar Vemula, Abhishek Rathore, Selvanayagam Sivasubramani, Sandip Mallikarjun Kale, Rajeev Kumar Varshney, Shashi Kumar Gupta
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a5825dd0babe4ee4b761c50053c3cf512021-11-18T05:28:46ZUnderstanding Heterosis, Genetic Effects, and Genome Wide Associations for Forage Quantity and Quality Traits in Multi-Cut Pearl Millet1664-462X10.3389/fpls.2021.687859https://doaj.org/article/a5825dd0babe4ee4b761c50053c3cf512021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.687859/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-462XPearl millet is an important food and fodder crop cultivated in the arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia, and is now expanding to other regions for forage purpose. This study was conducted to better understand the forage quantity and quality traits to enhance the feed value of this crop. Two sets of pearl millet hybrids (80 single cross hybrids in Set-I and 50 top cross hybrids in Set-II) along with their parents evaluated multi-locationally for the forage-linked traits under multi-cut (two cuts) system revealed significant variability for the forage traits in the hybrids and parents. The mean better parent heterosis (BPH) for total dry forage yield (TDFY) was 136% across all the single cross hybrids and 57% across all the top cross hybrids. The mean BPH for in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) varied from −11 to 7% in the single cross hybrids and −13 to 11% in the top cross hybrids across cuts. The findings of TDFY and IVOMD heterosis in these sets indicated the potential of improvement of the hybrid cultivars for forage quantity and quality in forage pearl millet. The parental lines single cross parent (SCP)-L02, SCP-L06, and top cross parent (TCP)-T08 found superior in the forage quantity and quality traits can be utilized in the future breeding programs. Most of the forage traits were found to be controlled by using the non-additive gene action. A diverse panel of 105 forage-type hybrid parents (Set-III) genotyped following genotyping by sequencing (GBS) and phenotyped for crude protein (CP) and IVOMD under multi-cuts for 2 years identified one stable significant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on LG4 for CP, and nine SNPs for IVOMD distributed across all the linkage groups except on LG2. The identified loci, once validated, then could be used for the forage quality traits improvement in pearl millet through marker-assisted selection.Ponnaiah GovintharajPonnaiah GovintharajMarappa MaheswaranMichael BlümmelPichaikannu SumathiAnil Kumar VemulaAbhishek RathoreSelvanayagam SivasubramaniSandip Mallikarjun KaleRajeev Kumar VarshneyShashi Kumar GuptaFrontiers Media S.A.articlesingle cross hybridstop cross hybridsline × testergeneral and specific combining abilitynon-additive gene actionassociation mappingPlant cultureSB1-1110ENFrontiers in Plant Science, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic single cross hybrids
top cross hybrids
line × tester
general and specific combining ability
non-additive gene action
association mapping
Plant culture
SB1-1110
spellingShingle single cross hybrids
top cross hybrids
line × tester
general and specific combining ability
non-additive gene action
association mapping
Plant culture
SB1-1110
Ponnaiah Govintharaj
Ponnaiah Govintharaj
Marappa Maheswaran
Michael Blümmel
Pichaikannu Sumathi
Anil Kumar Vemula
Abhishek Rathore
Selvanayagam Sivasubramani
Sandip Mallikarjun Kale
Rajeev Kumar Varshney
Shashi Kumar Gupta
Understanding Heterosis, Genetic Effects, and Genome Wide Associations for Forage Quantity and Quality Traits in Multi-Cut Pearl Millet
description Pearl millet is an important food and fodder crop cultivated in the arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia, and is now expanding to other regions for forage purpose. This study was conducted to better understand the forage quantity and quality traits to enhance the feed value of this crop. Two sets of pearl millet hybrids (80 single cross hybrids in Set-I and 50 top cross hybrids in Set-II) along with their parents evaluated multi-locationally for the forage-linked traits under multi-cut (two cuts) system revealed significant variability for the forage traits in the hybrids and parents. The mean better parent heterosis (BPH) for total dry forage yield (TDFY) was 136% across all the single cross hybrids and 57% across all the top cross hybrids. The mean BPH for in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) varied from −11 to 7% in the single cross hybrids and −13 to 11% in the top cross hybrids across cuts. The findings of TDFY and IVOMD heterosis in these sets indicated the potential of improvement of the hybrid cultivars for forage quantity and quality in forage pearl millet. The parental lines single cross parent (SCP)-L02, SCP-L06, and top cross parent (TCP)-T08 found superior in the forage quantity and quality traits can be utilized in the future breeding programs. Most of the forage traits were found to be controlled by using the non-additive gene action. A diverse panel of 105 forage-type hybrid parents (Set-III) genotyped following genotyping by sequencing (GBS) and phenotyped for crude protein (CP) and IVOMD under multi-cuts for 2 years identified one stable significant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on LG4 for CP, and nine SNPs for IVOMD distributed across all the linkage groups except on LG2. The identified loci, once validated, then could be used for the forage quality traits improvement in pearl millet through marker-assisted selection.
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author Ponnaiah Govintharaj
Ponnaiah Govintharaj
Marappa Maheswaran
Michael Blümmel
Pichaikannu Sumathi
Anil Kumar Vemula
Abhishek Rathore
Selvanayagam Sivasubramani
Sandip Mallikarjun Kale
Rajeev Kumar Varshney
Shashi Kumar Gupta
author_facet Ponnaiah Govintharaj
Ponnaiah Govintharaj
Marappa Maheswaran
Michael Blümmel
Pichaikannu Sumathi
Anil Kumar Vemula
Abhishek Rathore
Selvanayagam Sivasubramani
Sandip Mallikarjun Kale
Rajeev Kumar Varshney
Shashi Kumar Gupta
author_sort Ponnaiah Govintharaj
title Understanding Heterosis, Genetic Effects, and Genome Wide Associations for Forage Quantity and Quality Traits in Multi-Cut Pearl Millet
title_short Understanding Heterosis, Genetic Effects, and Genome Wide Associations for Forage Quantity and Quality Traits in Multi-Cut Pearl Millet
title_full Understanding Heterosis, Genetic Effects, and Genome Wide Associations for Forage Quantity and Quality Traits in Multi-Cut Pearl Millet
title_fullStr Understanding Heterosis, Genetic Effects, and Genome Wide Associations for Forage Quantity and Quality Traits in Multi-Cut Pearl Millet
title_full_unstemmed Understanding Heterosis, Genetic Effects, and Genome Wide Associations for Forage Quantity and Quality Traits in Multi-Cut Pearl Millet
title_sort understanding heterosis, genetic effects, and genome wide associations for forage quantity and quality traits in multi-cut pearl millet
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