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Inbreeding effects on a winter squash landrace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2010

A. L. TSIVELIKAS  and
M. S. KOUTSIKA-SOTIRIOU
A. L. TSIVELIKAS
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece
M. S. KOUTSIKA-SOTIRIOU*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece
*
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: koutsika@agro.auth.gr
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Summary

Estimates of inbreeding effects in a landrace are necessary in order to acquire information on the presence of different types of gene action for important traits. Twelve lines with different levels of inbreeding coefficients (F=0, 0·25, 0·50 or 0·75) were developed from three phenotypically selected families of a winter squash landrace (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) between 2000 and 2002 in the area of Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece. During 2003, a field experiment was established at this location to evaluate the lines. The agronomical characters measured were: the number and weight of total commercial fruits, days to first female blossom, seed weight, size of pollen grains and water-stress tolerance. Comparisons were also made of morphological characters, the dry matter, the total soluble solids and the pH of fruits. Lines with inbreeding coefficient F=0·50 were found to have the highest values for most of the measured characteristics. Significant family×inbreeding interactions were found, revealing different trends for the linear, quadratic and cubic components of each family with inbreeding coefficients. Three F=0·50 lines selected from within each representative family were evaluated along with four winter squash landraces from the C. moschata collection of the Greek Gene Bank, during 2004 in the area of Thermi. These F=0·50 lines showed a superior performance of three components contributing to yield, indicating that one generation of selfing improved the agronomic performance maintaining concurrently the substantial characteristics of the landrace.

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Crops and Soils
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 148 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 695 - 708
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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