Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut

Bambara groundnut (BGN) is a drought-tolerant crop majorly cultivated in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to a lack of extensive research, marginalization, lack of awareness, and lack of available fund among others, this crop's improvement has been limited. The development of this crop depends on evaluation...

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Main Authors: Olanrewaju, Oluwaseyi S., Oyatomi, Olaniyi, Babalola, O.O., Abberton, Michael T.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Frontiers Media 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118065
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author Olanrewaju, Oluwaseyi S.
Oyatomi, Olaniyi
Babalola, O.O.
Abberton, Michael T.
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Babalola, O.O.
Olanrewaju, Oluwaseyi S.
Oyatomi, Olaniyi
author_facet Olanrewaju, Oluwaseyi S.
Oyatomi, Olaniyi
Babalola, O.O.
Abberton, Michael T.
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description Bambara groundnut (BGN) is a drought-tolerant crop majorly cultivated in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to a lack of extensive research, marginalization, lack of awareness, and lack of available fund among others, this crop's improvement has been limited. The development of this crop depends on evaluation and selection of unique and stable breeding lines in different environments. This study aims to estimate genetic diversity using morphological traits at different locations in 95 accessions of BGN collected from the Genebank of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan. The experiment was carried out in three replicates at IITA experimental sites in two agroecological zones in Ibadan (7°40′19.62″ N, 3°91′73.13″ E) and Ikenne (6°51′00.873″ N, 3°41′48.528″ E) using a randomized complete block design. Ten vegetative growth traits and eight yield traits were scored. The data was subjected to ANOVA, PCA, correlation, and cluster analysis. Estimations of genetic parameters and broad sense heritability were carried out on the traits. ANOVA revealed significant variation in each trait except for days to emergence. Significant variation was also observed for accession and location interactions (genotype x environment interactions) for plant height, leaf length, leaf width, chlorophyll content, number of petioles, germination count, number of pods, number of seeds, seed length, seed width, and yield. PC1 and PC2 show 42.3% of the total variations observed by the PC, with seed thickness contributing more to PC1 and the number of seeds contributing more to PC2. Cluster analysis categorized the accessions into four distinct groups. The number of pods had the highest genotypic coefficient of variation of 32.55% and the phenotypic coefficient of variation of 97.61%, while seed length (0.63), seed width (0.54), and seed thickness (0.58) have high heritability values. The genetic advance was highest in yield (76.15%) and lowest in days to 50% germination (0.21%). This study can be used to predict appropriate agroecological zones for the planting of BGN while the knowledge of the diversity of the accessions based on the traits could serve a guide in selecting the best trait for the improvement of the crop.
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spelling CGSpace1180652025-11-11T10:31:22Z Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut Olanrewaju, Oluwaseyi S. Oyatomi, Olaniyi Babalola, O.O. Abberton, Michael T. bambara groundnut genetic diversity genotype environment interaction heritability multivariate analysis legumes food security Bambara groundnut (BGN) is a drought-tolerant crop majorly cultivated in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to a lack of extensive research, marginalization, lack of awareness, and lack of available fund among others, this crop's improvement has been limited. The development of this crop depends on evaluation and selection of unique and stable breeding lines in different environments. This study aims to estimate genetic diversity using morphological traits at different locations in 95 accessions of BGN collected from the Genebank of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan. The experiment was carried out in three replicates at IITA experimental sites in two agroecological zones in Ibadan (7°40′19.62″ N, 3°91′73.13″ E) and Ikenne (6°51′00.873″ N, 3°41′48.528″ E) using a randomized complete block design. Ten vegetative growth traits and eight yield traits were scored. The data was subjected to ANOVA, PCA, correlation, and cluster analysis. Estimations of genetic parameters and broad sense heritability were carried out on the traits. ANOVA revealed significant variation in each trait except for days to emergence. Significant variation was also observed for accession and location interactions (genotype x environment interactions) for plant height, leaf length, leaf width, chlorophyll content, number of petioles, germination count, number of pods, number of seeds, seed length, seed width, and yield. PC1 and PC2 show 42.3% of the total variations observed by the PC, with seed thickness contributing more to PC1 and the number of seeds contributing more to PC2. Cluster analysis categorized the accessions into four distinct groups. The number of pods had the highest genotypic coefficient of variation of 32.55% and the phenotypic coefficient of variation of 97.61%, while seed length (0.63), seed width (0.54), and seed thickness (0.58) have high heritability values. The genetic advance was highest in yield (76.15%) and lowest in days to 50% germination (0.21%). This study can be used to predict appropriate agroecological zones for the planting of BGN while the knowledge of the diversity of the accessions based on the traits could serve a guide in selecting the best trait for the improvement of the crop. 2021-12-20 2022-02-11T14:47:48Z 2022-02-11T14:47:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118065 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Olanrewaju, O.S., Oyatomi, O., Babalola, O.O. & Abberton, M. (2021). Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12: 796352, 1-15.
spellingShingle bambara groundnut
genetic diversity
genotype environment interaction
heritability
multivariate analysis
legumes
food security
Olanrewaju, Oluwaseyi S.
Oyatomi, Olaniyi
Babalola, O.O.
Abberton, Michael T.
Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut
title Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut
title_full Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut
title_fullStr Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut
title_full_unstemmed Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut
title_short Genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of Bambara groundnut
title_sort genetic diversity and environmental influence on growth and yield parameters of bambara groundnut
topic bambara groundnut
genetic diversity
genotype environment interaction
heritability
multivariate analysis
legumes
food security
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118065
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