Naik, Y D and Sharma, V K and Aski, M S and Rangari, S K and Kumar, Raj and Dikshit, H K and Sangita, S and Kant, R and Mishra, G and Mir, R R and Kudapa, H and Elango, D and Zwart, R S and Varshney, R K and Thudi, M (2024) Phenotypic profiling of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) accessions enabled identification of promising lines for use in breeding for high yield, early flowering and desirable traits. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 22 (2). pp. 69-77. ISSN 1479-2621
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Abstract
In the face of climate change, developing resilient crops is crucial for global food security in the 21st century to feed a growing population. Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) plays a vital role in ensuring global food and nutritional security. Traits like early flowering enable the crop to mature faster, thereby shortening the growing window and reducing yield losses caused by moisture and heat stresses during the reproductive phase. However, issues like limited genetic diversity in this trait remain unaddressed. To address this gap, our study aims to comprehensively assess genetic variability and trait associations in 158 lentil accessions. In the present study, we observed significant variations for days to 50% flowering (67–90 days), days to maturity (109–122 days) and 100 seed weight (1.69–2.68 g) throughout a period of two consecutive years (2020–2021 and 2021–2022). The observed variability in these traits offers a valuable avenue for the improvement of lentil yield through targeted selection and hybridization. Additionally, correlation analysis showed negative correlation between days to 50% flowering and grain yield per plant, while plant height had a significant (P < 0.01) positive correlation with all traits except yield per plant. Furthermore, we identified specific germplasm with exceptional traits that hold significant potential for future breeding programmes. The genotypes EC 223197-A and EC 267696 were identified for early flowering with high yield, and other genotypes that were identified for various traits would serve as breeding material for the introgression of these traits into elite cultivars.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology Global Research Program - Accelerated Crop Improvement |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | diversity, early flowering, heat and drought stresses, lentil, trait-specific germplasm |
| Subjects: | Others > Drought Others > Germplasm |
| Depositing User: | Mr Nagaraju T |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2024 03:28 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2024 03:28 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12739 |
| Official URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/plant-gene... |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Acknowledgement: | MT acknowledges financial support from Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar and University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. YDN acknowledges the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, for the DBT-JRF fellowship for his Ph.D. program. |
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