http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8258 2014-07-30T10:58:08Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/8258/ Trait associations in introgressed populations of sorghum Cox, T S House, L R Frey, K J Sorghum BC populations from 6 wild X cultivated Sorghum bicolor crosses were evaluated for 12 yield and morphological traits. Of 43 correlation coefficients between the traits, 11 were >0.20 and 5 were <-0.20, indicating that any limitations on recombination for these traits were weak. First principal component eigenvectors (FEs), based on 9 traits, were homogeneous in sign and accounted for 35-49% of total variance across generations within crosses, indicating a relatively wide "recombination spindle" (a measure of the distribution of trait combinations in the progenies as a proportion of possible combinations). FEs within BCs were not homogeneous in sign and accounted for only 22-32% of variation. Recombination spindle width depended more on differences in gene frequencies over BCs than on linkage or pleiotropy within BCs. It is concluded that breeders should be able to obtain the required associations of traits from wild and cultivated sorghum with little or no hindrance due to reduced recombination. Verlag Paul Parey 1985 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/8258/1/JPlantBreeding_94_265-277_1985.pdf Cox, T S and House, L R and Frey, K J (1985) Trait associations in introgressed populations of sorghum. Journal of Plant Breeding, 94 (4). pp. 265-277. ISSN 0044-3298 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage