Spanish barley landraces outperform modern cultivars at low-productivity sites

Barley landraces from the western Mediterranean area have not been thoroughly exploited by modern breeding. This study aims at assessing the agronomic value of a core collection of lines derived from landraces of Spanish origin and to compare them with sets of successful old and modern cultivars. Th...

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Autores: Yahiaoui, Samia, Cuesta-Marcos, Alfonso, Gracia Gimeno, Ma. Pilar, Medina Abad, Blanca, Lasa Dolhagaray, José Manuel, Casas Cendoya, Ana Maria, Ciudad, Francisco J., Montoya, J. L., Moralejo Vidal, Mª Angeles, Molina Cano, José Luis, Igartua Arregui, Ernesto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/65062
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12148
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/65062
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Barley
Phytogenetic resources
Landraces
Grain yield
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Sumario:Barley landraces from the western Mediterranean area have not been thoroughly exploited by modern breeding. This study aims at assessing the agronomic value of a core collection of lines derived from landraces of Spanish origin and to compare them with sets of successful old and modern cultivars. The agronomic performance of a set of 175 barley genotypes, comprising 159 landrace-derived lines and 26 cultivars, was evaluated in a series of 10 field trials, carried out over 3 years and several locations. The most relevant trait of the landraces was higher grain yield at low production sites than cultivars, which may be related with better ability to fill the grain under stressful conditions. On the other hand, lateness, excessive plant height and lodging were negative traits frequently found in the landraces. Large genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI) for grain yield was detected, related partly with differences between germplasm groups, probably indicating local adaptation. GEI was also associated with the interaction of heading time and powdery mildew resistance with temperature.